No, they don't. If people are having problems in IRC, they should feel free to speak up on -project. Maybe the problem is legitimate, maybe it's not -- but we should never try to tell people that they're unwelcome to express concerns on this list.
And they're also likely to tell their friends, family and anyone else "hey, the people over on #suse are rude, so I bet the whole community is like that."
Problems on IRC spread, and if people are being rude, it reflects badly on the entire project. Whether that's *fair* or not, that's the way it is.
Yes, people of course can write and complain everywhere. The real problem is not someone speaking bad of openSUSE. Is that people should start giving words the right weight. On IRC you are usually shorter, more direct and less formal than elsewhere because of a mountain of reasons (you're spending there your free time, you are in a hurry, ...). Moreover, how do you fix rules to regulate these problems? There's no effective way to do it, because we don't really want a channel with police. Regards, A. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org