[corrected!] Re: 5tFTW: DNF and Mailing List Wars, F21 Branch, FESCo Election, Python 3.5, and Docs Beats (2014-07-08)

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:13:30PM +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
> in fact it where around 5 people keep heating the discussion and burry
> the arguments of people which did not want more than what was present
> over years and now came back in DNF and it that case *you must* respond
> and try to explain why their arguments are wrong in case of upstream
> did not care and closed bugreports 2014/01 already

It is absolutely fine to respond and make the points. But if someone doesn't
"get it" after that, it's okay to let the matter drop. In fact, it's the
best thing to do.

This is _particularly_ true when the person responding isn't doing so with a
good attitude. When, as you say, people are heating the discussion, the best
way to cool it down is to not throw fuel. You can't educate people who
aren't interested in listening, and they're generally not the people making
decisions anyway. In fact, it makes the situation worse because it makes it
drives away people who might agree with you -- or be convinced.


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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader