On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Sean <smc.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I hope so, and the crew seems like robust, durable people who will >> be able to handle plenty of criticism etc. Just seems like it might >> be just tiresome to be forever revisiting the same defenses of the >> project's direction, for each new master debater who comes along. > I agree it can be tiresome, but these conversations are generally spares, as > of late there have been more then a few. Which as far as I can tell was not entirely a coincidence. > But sometimes having to argue ones position tends to renew passions. And sometimes, it causes people to become demotivated and go find a better way to spend their free time. I have heard quite a few developers mention privately that they are considering unsubscribing to this list because they are sick of the stupid. At what point does that do more harm than good? - Urias