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[Jos Poortvliet]

On 5/31/07, Brad Hards <bradh at frogmouth.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 31 May 2007 16:22, JRT wrote:
> > Sorry to post something controversial to the list.
>
> James,
>
> In the interests of the KDE project:
> * Please try to find a way to fit in.
>
> * If possible, when you feel the need to vent, can you try blogging instead of
> posting to mailing lists?
>
> * Please try to avoid discouraging others, and don't assume that others will
> experience the same reaction as you. Most people don't seem to.
>
> Brad

Amen.

If you, James, are willing to spend time on KDE, that's great. And
yes, it can sometimes be frustrating if things (can't) don't go how
you would like them to go. Sending in patches might help (not always,
true), it's better to say 'here's a problem & a solution' than 'here's
a problem, fix it'.

Still, sometimes people just don't agree, and things aren't always as
clear-cut to others as they might seem to you. At a certain point, it
becomes just smarter to STOP the discussion, than to waste more time
of you and other people on it. Yes even if you are right. There is a
dutch saying: "Gelijk hebben en gelijk krijgen zijn twee", which means
something like "being right and getting people to agree are two
things". That's the point here.

Here's a bit of decision-theory: A quick, mediocre solution often
works more in favour of an organization than a 'perfect' solution
which took a lot of time to find.

In such cases, it's better to leave it, and start working on something
else. If you would fix some small bugs, write some documentation, etc
- you might feel a lot better than you feel after all these
flamefights which lead to nothing.

grtz

Jos