On 15/08/2012 1:27 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
Hi guys,
As most devs have done already, I'm going to change my relationship with arch-general. This probably does not matter to most of you, so sorry for the noise. Then again, it might be a useful reminder about how most devs interact with the list (or rather, how they do not).
My approach to arch-general used to be:
1) to scan it for bug reports and feedback related to "my" corner of the Arch world, and follow up on whatever bugs/problems/questions I could. 2) to correct anything that I considered misinformation about the same.
I am no longer able to keep up with this, so I will:
1) stop dealing with bugs reported on the mailing-list, please report anything to the bug tracker. 2) just accept that the world is full of misinformation and baseless speculations and not engage with it any longer.
This is mostly for the sake of my own sanity, but also because I think my continued presence on this mailing list decreases rather than increases the current abysmal quality of discussion. I noticed in arch-dev that there was a lot of frustration with the quality of discussion on arch-general these days. I think it's very unfortunate that the noise to signal ratio has gotten to the point where we have one less way of communicating with the devs. There are very few avenues already.
Sorry to see you (and the others devs, and the TUs) go. Stephen E. Baker