+1 On 11 October 2011 15:32, Ken Gunderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Peter: > > I think your accusations of bikeshedding are unfounded and unkind. Many > stayed out of this discussion until noting that a few oi-dev regulars > like Alasdair, jeffpc, drlou, herzen, etc. expressed some interest in > exploring possibility of forums. Such being the case, it seems more > than appropriate for further discussion to occur on oi-discuss - note > the word following the hyphen there - where a broader cross section of > oi users might have the opportunity to weigh in. > > I have been involved in various projects over the years that that > utilized mlm long before forums were an option. Yet when some, e.g. > FreeBSD, finally acknowledged the changing times the issue was discussed > before anyone ran out and launched forums.freebsd.org. To the best of > my knowledge I have _never_ used these forums, but I don't bitch about > them being available for others. Or that others talked about it at some > length before moving forward with rolling them out. > > Yes, the forum issue has come up before in oi, but to my awareness, not > for a little while now, and not ever discussed in any depth. Yeah, us > old dogs have seen these arguments before and may have a tendency to > sigh and shake our heads. But that doesn't make them irrelevant to the > discussion at hand. > > People disagreeing, discussing, etc. on oi-discuss is not a bad thing. > Yes, a couple people got a bit heated and sunk to some mild name > calling, but this was nothing even close to what happens from time to > time on even high profile projects. Those so easily offended need to > grow thicker skin. Maybe never move out from Mommy's house. Or > whatever. > > My $0.02 > > Peace-- > > -- > Regards-- Ken Gunderson > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >
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