Fedora Present and Future: a Fedora.next 2014 Update (Part I, "Why?")

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Mon Mar 24 15:16:19 UTC 2014


On 24 March 2014 15:08, Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 02:47:18PM +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
>> I have to say that you are one of the most hostile, confrontational
>
> I said this before and I'll say it again if I have to (but I hope I don't).
> Please, everyone, check out the Code of Conduct. It's linked in the footer
> of every post, but here's a reminder:
>
> <https://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct>.
>
> Let's all work on elevating the level of discourse without getting into who
> is or isn't starting it. On the topic at hand, remember that a lot of people
> have put significant work into making the installer interface intuitive,
> easy to use, powerful, friendly, and all sorts of other things all at
> once. Many of the comments going by seem very dismissive of that, and it's
> easy to see how that escalates into hot tempers.
>
> It's one thing to say "For me, this has missed the mark in this way", and
> another to call all the work terrible or to make statements which imply
> actual antagonism. I don't mean that it's perfect (it's not), or that the
> developers are perfect (they're human!), or that the frustrations aren't
> real -- just please be aware how that might feel to people on the other side
> of the equation.
>
> Please, everyone, assume good faith on the part of the other. Software
> developers have the best intentions in making changes, and frustrated users
> are just frustrated.

Good point, well made. I hope that my observations did not seem like a
personal attack. They were not meant to be.

-- 
Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile
Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven
MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven
Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884


More information about the users mailing list