[arch-general] Personal note

[Shridhar Daithankar]

On Wednesday 15 Aug 2012 7:27:29 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.

Pl. stay around. Accessible developers is a huge plus of arch community and it 
is really sad to see it recede.

Ignore discussions/part-of-discussions that no longer stay technical but pl. 
don't leave.

Your contributions are very valuable. For every vocal annoyance, there are a 
thousand happy and thankful users, even though they don't make their presence 
known.
-- 
Regards
 Shridhar