On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark, > You > pointed out that "not everybody is happy" with this. That is fair and probably > true. But is it relevant? Consensus does not mean everybody agrees. It doesn't > even have to mean everybody is happy. That is simply not always possible in a > community. It means you're willing to step out of the way of making a decision > to not block the process. > > That does not mean 'admitting defeat' or anything like that. More like a > realization that at some point, 'perfect' is the enemy of good. > > Now I (nor, clearly, sebas, the martins and others) want to FORCE this issue. > If we did, they wouldn't continue to discuss with you. Your input is > considered valuable, otherwise it would have been ignored. So don't think that > this is meant to be a power play. And for sure, if you are certain that this > will destroy plasma, KDE and Open Source, you can and SHOULD continue to try > and turn this decision around. > > I just think that you can agree that that is not the case; nor does it seem > likely that you can sway the opinions of everybody who cared enough to discuss > it. And expect the silent majority to either agree with the proposal or not > care. There is little point to the discussion. > > Anyway, not trying to slap you here, just trying to friendly ask you to think > deep about the value of more discussion. > > (and I would have send this privately if I didn't know you well enough that I > think you won't be offended and I think this might be valuable for some > lurkers on the list) > > Boatload of hugs, > Jos >
I know. My last mail was meant as a conclusion. Ending with: "I think my point is clear (and not shared by many others). So be it, no harm taken :)" _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
