Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 12:57 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
> > Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> >
> > > This includes the following activities in order to excel in our
> > > goals:
> > [snip]
> > >     * Emphasize the value of communication and recognize cultural
> > >     diversity within our community
> >
> > I can't help thinking that this is just a blurp (waffle; saying
> > something only for the sake of saying it).  Maybe it belongs in some
> > other context, but it's difficult to imagine what kind of
> > _activities_ we would untertake in this respect.
> >
> >
> > /Per Jessen, Zürich
>
> It wasn't put in just for the sake of it.  We believed strongly that
> people from different walks of life bring something unique to the
> table and that with recognition of diversity we grow a unique product
> from the diverse contributors.
>
> Some of the things we propose in our statements require an activity,
> and others may not. 

I appreciate that, but this particular item is listed under the
heading "This includes the following activities in order to excel in
our goals". 

> In the case of encouraging such diversity, we may consider reaching
> out to cultural areas we haven't been in before, or we may refer and
> remind ourselves constantly about this statement as an attitudinal
> emphasis. 

It really sounds a lot more like a value to me. 
 
> If you feel it should be worded differently or emphasized in a
> different way, we encourage your thoughts on those words.  But one way
> or another, I still believe strongly in that line and it wasn't put in
> just for the sake of it.

I don't mind the wording, I just don't think it belongs at all. 
To mention it suggests that the openSUSE community 
1) does not already value communication or does not already recognize
cultural diversity or
2) that the openSUSE community might not continue do so in the future.

(and I don't believe either one is the case at all).



/Per Jessen, Zürich

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