On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Fernando Perez <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Charles R Harris > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Fernando, I'm not checking credentials, I'm curious. > > Well, at least I think that an inquisitive query about someone's > background, phrased like that, can be very easily misread. I can only > speak for myself, but I immediately had the impression that you were > indeed trying to validate his background as a proxy for the > discussion, and suggesting that others had the same curiosity... > > Had the question been something more like "Hey Nathaniel, what other > projects do you think could inform our current view, maybe from stuff > you've done in the past or lists you've lurked on?", I would have a > very different reaction. But this sentence: > > """ > I admit to a certain curiosity about your own involvement in FOSS > projects, and I know I'm not alone in this. > """ > > definitely reads to me with a rather dark and unpleasant angle. Upon > rereading it again now, I still don't like the tone. I trust you when > you indicate that your intent was different; perhaps it's a matter of > phrasing, or the fact that English is not my native language and I may > miss subtleties of native speakers.
I agree with the interpretation, however, whenever I look at this thread with google gmail, then I see the first line "If you hang around big FOSS projects, you'll see the word "consensus"" I'm only hanging around in this neighborhood (9 mailing lists), so I have no idea about big FOSS projects. Josef > > Cheers, > > f > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
