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Re: [groff] Announcement and call for project submissions
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [groff] Announcement and call for project submissions |
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Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:33:08 +0000 |
Hi John,
> > It's not obvious to me what offense John gave. Reading the thread,
> > there's a certain schoolmarmish officiousness in the reprimands. He
> > caught it on the chin for "sigh", "groan", and "ridiculous".
>
> I was also *banned* immediately after the PR got closed... Glad I'm
> not the only one who found their intolerance bewildering. :-\
I don't find it bewildering. The summary above is incorrect. The first
criticism seem accurate, and a polite request quoting two of your
responses.
> Wonderful.
> sigh
@Alhadis Let's avoid the sarcastic tone, please.
You then point out some of the suggestions are `ridiculous'. It's never
nice to feel ridiculed. On its own, it could have been ignored but it
closely followed the previous polite complaint so garnered a
You've been asked once already to watch your tone. I'll remind you
again now.
from someone else. Again, this second person is polite.
You threaten to take your ball home:
Whine about my tone again, and I'm pulling the trigger on this PR.
Childish and petty IMO, and a threat. They closed the PR. I would of
too.
I've pointed all this out because you'll encounter it again unless you
think https://www.xaprb.com/blog/you-might-be-right/
--
Cheers, Ralph.