Feedback to the Dot story

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On 05.09.2013 17:05, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>> It's not my call, but it isn't yours, either.
>
> Yes, Thomas, it is my call in this case.
>
> We all provide input, even across boundaries of expertise, but this is not a
> democracy. It isn’t a dictatorship, either. It is a participation based
> meritocracy within which we have different roles and responsibilities within
> the over all effort.
>
> This particular matter is not your responsibility.
>
> Nobody micromanages your usability testing, guideline creation or your work on
> bugs.kde.org for PA. People provide input, but you have a very free hand in
> these things. Please show others the same consideration.

I'd say it's Carl's call then, isn't it? He asked for input. I gave my 
input (stating why I would not call it polished), you and others 
provides yours, and Carl stated why he considers "polished" to be the 
right word and I assume he will keep it in, which is fine with me 
because you're right, Carl is the marketing person, it's his 
responsibility and he's good at it.

> What I’m trying to get across here is that this discussion is bordering on the
> absurd, which is why I’d really, really appreciate on both a teammate and a
> personal level if you could somehow find a way to just edit this one aspect of
> your personal opinion related to release communication.

It may be a bit difficult for me at times to clearly distinguish between 
personal opinion and facts (like the fact that Smart TVs and set-top 
boxes are not touch devices), but I'll try.

>> To me it's similar with bugs: I may have annoyed you and Marco and
>> possible others as well when I insisted on several bugs being fixed
>> before release.
>
> this is not the same thing in the least, and i know that if you think about it
> for a moment or two that you’ll know that too.

With regards to release communication, it isn't that's true. I meant 
more of a general "Reminding people that there are still a lot of quirks 
to iron out", but since we're talking about a dot article here, it is 
indeed something different.