[haiku-development] Re: Banning
- From: Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 14:03:48 +0200
Hello,
I can see that this particular issue has been concluded in mutual
agreement, but being the first demand for a ban I feel this is not
only about one individual, whatever may have prompted this particular
action.
Me too, I have been accused of having wasted the OP's time by posting
a question on this mailing list that he felt obliged to answer (after
having unsuccessfully searched the Internet). And obviously I cannot
know in advance what emotional reaction a mail, including this one,
may cause within the community.
Life can be full of surprises, good and bad. Education, job, moving,
vacations, family matters are just a random selection of why one may
be absent from a project for some time. Exactly when Alpha 2 is
approaching I get network hardware failures and have trouble accessing
the Internet, for instance. Funnily something else, I don't remember
what, made me miss the final phase for Alpha 1 release, too. These
things happen, and it doesn't need to be bad intention.
Everyone's time is precious. There are times when I can spend more
time on my favorite projects; currently I have more than 100 unread
mails on this list and thousands elsewhere. Yet the time for one
person to read (or to mark as read) the mailing list shouldn't be an
argument to stop anyone else from posting, it's rather an explanation
for other persons not chiming in. When I have vacations and am
actively working on my patches, I am much more likely to answer to
mailing lists than when I get home late and tired from work.
Statistics on accumulated posts merely show how much time and energy
someone devotes to a certain topic, whatever someone at Google might
claim. It's only natural that on certain topics you find a small group
of active participants, and that original posters will likely reply
more often in their threads. In the "State of ppc" thread I get a
rating of 44.5% (8/18) - ouch!
So, however justified, the apparent threat of banning someone based on
the subjective impression of wasted time and scientifically-sounding
mailing list statistics mixed with personal feelings creates an
atmosphere of fear that cannot be in the best interest of a 'No Future'.
Food for thought,
Andreas
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