[indiana-discuss] Name of Distro?

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Tim Bray wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Donal McMullan wrote:
>
>> I'm not really digging the 'innocent until proven guilty' approach
>> either. I don't think Ian's personal integrity is in question.
>>
>> I can tell you what's *not* going to attract Linux users to the
>> community; trolling, petty negativity, paranoia, snitchy ad-hominem
>> attacks and in-fighting.
>
> [de-lurk] Yes. The tone of this conversation is revolting.

Not sure I agree. As I said elsewhere earlier today, IMO, there are maybe a
couple individual posts by a couple individuals that *might*, with a
stretch, qualify as revolting or snitchy ad-hominem attacks. But that's
about it.

Or are you referring to the melee that took place on opensolaris-discuss
before indiana-discuss opened?

Eric


> Might I
> suggest that we try discussing some of these issues without assuming
> that any individual or party is trying to sabotage or hijack the
> proceedings?  It might turn out to be true.  People with bad agendas
> inevitably reveal them, sooner than they'd like.
>
> And, to the sensible, grown-up people in the discussion, remember:
> don't feed the trolls.  -Tim
>
>


Eric