Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 07/09/2013 11:43 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> On 07/09/2013 01:49 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> On 7/9/2013 10:19 AM, Matthew J. Roth wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree completely.  Harald's posts are among the best on this list
>>> in terms of
>>> their technical content.  It's more disruptive that they're out of
>>> sequence due
>>> to moderation than that his tone can sometimes come across as
>>> aggressive.
>>>
>>> If people don't like his posts they can stop reading them.  However,
>>> anyone who
>>> wants to read them is stuck putting them back into the proper order. 
>>> It's my
>>> opinion that for the overall good of the list Harald should *not* be
>>> moderated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Matthew Roth
>>> InterMedia Marketing Solutions
>>> Software Engineer and Systems Developer
>>
>> I agree as well ... not only for the overall good of the list but the
>> overall good of Harald
>>
>> Paul
> As someone who's been a bit "put off" by some of Harald's replies to my
> inquiries here, I still wouldn't feel right knowing he was booted off
> the mailing list, and even if sometimes he comes across as being a bit
> abrasive, or rude, it's his INFORMATION that proves more valuable. I may
> never meet him face-to-face, and we may always "agree-to-disagree"...but
> truth is truth, and the truth is...Harald has helped me get past some
> SERIOUS issues with F17 & F18. So maybe give him the proverbial
> "slap-on-the-wrist" and let him go on his merry 'ole way?...
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> EGO II
> 
+1

I have learnt to just gloss over the unimportant parts of his mail, and
focus on the vast amount of good information that he shares with the
community. Live and let live for the common good, I would say.

-- 
Regards,

Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)