Re: [Gaim-devel] tabs

[Ka-Hing C. <kh...@ja...>]

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:33, Spundun Bhatt wrote:
> Hi, I am one of the lurkers on the list....
> I think I have some constructive suggestions on the topic.
> 
> -> I think you could easily have a section in faq specifically for the
> recent changes esp. in the cvs and the logic behind that, and the
> direction its going... you could make a special mention of the section
> in the topic statement on irc so that the cvs users specifically go to
> the faq and checkout the latest issues and a discussion on that. The way
> you guys have put it on this thread I think it should be lot easier to
> maintain such a section than to answer everybody separately. It will
> save the hassel for all the sides.

unfortunately, an observed fact is that not many people read the topic.

> -> alternatively(or at the same time) any update to the cvs which may
> rais obvious questions can be discussed by the person who commited it on
> this mailing list sort of preemptively it will make being on this list
> more exciting :) ... ( This list definatly lacks activity considering
> its one of the most active opensource projects..barring today ofcourse
> :) )
> 

I would guess that less people subscribt to gaim-devel than
gaim-commits, so it doesn't seem to be too useful

> -> I again very strongly reccomend removing the "no more talking about
> gentoo, you're not smart enough" part from the #gaim topic line. The
> statement at the same time being very strong is also not at all
> defendable. It doesnt convey any information to a gentoo user who is not
> smart enough. I dont  see *a single comment* on the faq about the gentoo
> distro. If you are sick and tired of gentoo questions (which apparently
> you are..) you should add a q/a on the faq page.... I am a gentoo user.
> Gentoo makes it very easy to use gaim-cvs (which might be one of the
> reasons you are getting "too many users" using cvs.) Its a distro which
> is gaining a lot of popularity and gaim could use it for very extensive
> testing. I dont know whats the exact nature of problems the gentoo users
> face... but I am willing to help write a short note on that... (If the
> issues are just too elaborate.. you could direct them to the gentoo docs
> page first rather then telling them they are not smart enough) but my
> experience with both gaim-cvs and gentoo is very amaturish.
> 

Actually that particular topic was unrelated to gaim. There was a
discussion about gentoo's packaging system, and it didn't seem to be too
constructive. I agree that it may hurt the feeling of some gentoo users,
but it was quite effective in killing that discussion so that more
useful things (like answering gaim related questions) can take place.

- Ka-Hing

the increase in tension worldwide (as evidenced by crime  and whatnot)
over that time period looks a lot like Linux  growth since 1993  ``Linux
linked to worldwide crime epidemic!!''