On 06/11/2018 02:53 AM, Richard Brown wrote:
With the exception of Per and Carlos, I can't easily name any of the regular participants of this list as active contributors to the project. And that is too small a starting point to realistically bridge the gap.
Why do you continue to alienate people, diminish the contributions of others and work to divide the community instead of support it? What of Felix, James, Patrick, Anton, Linda, Dave, John, Lew, Basil, Wolfgang, David, Henne, Andrei and many many more that have tirelessly contributed, filed bugs, proposed changes, and offered help. A quick check of bugzilla shows thousands of bugs filed, 167 of which are mine alone. They all came through this list, whether asking for confirmation of the behavior or from those who add behavior and comments to help get them solved. Somehow this list has, for nearly two decades, done remarkably well without the "nannyism", fragmentation or petty bannings of the past year or so. The continued badgering of the people that have given, and continue to give, their own free time to make opensuse what it is today, frankly doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Many of these loyal contributors have given of their time and been here since we were shuffling 1.44MB floppies into our drives to install from boxed sets on 386's or 486's. I don't understand what problem this entire exercise is aimed at solving. It's' quite bewildering. "officialness" just adds to the confusion. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org