On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:31:55 +0100
Richard Brown
As someone who tries his best to keep a broad overview of the feedback we get from all of the above channels, it's fair to say that repeatedly this relatively small list, is repeatedly the outlyier when it comes to feedback. When the feedback for something is overwhelmingly positive from most quarters, it's not unusual for this list to be full of angry critique or negativity. When the feedback for something is overwhelmingly negative from most quarters, leading to the Project making serious changes as a result, it is not unusual for this list to be full of angry critique or negativity fighting for things to stay as they are.
I'm not judging whether this list or the thousands of other people who actively discuss the project in alternatives to this list are right or wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Usenet has always been a rough and tumble place, and you have to get used to that. I generally ignore any thread that that gets over to the right hand side of my message list. I know it'll probably be more noise than signal. But this ML has been where I've learnt most of what I know about Linux. Either by asking questions or lurking. I feel that a lot of the old-timers (even on a bad day!) are like old friends, and I'd certainly buy them a beer if we ever met. Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.4.92-31-default Distro: openSUSE 42.3 (x86_64) Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.32.0, Qt: 5.6.2 and Plasma: 5.8.7