Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:<br><br>> You are probably wrong there.<br><br>My apologies, I gave you the benefit of the doubt - won't happen again.<br><br>>What do you want? I even wrote "please". (Which was the part which I
<br>really didn't mean, if you want to know.)<br>>Sorry, but if he can't operate google, then he's on the wrong mailing list.<br><br>Well for starters it might be a nice general rule to just not send anything if you are only going to write something that is not only unproductive but also rude and condescending.
<br><br>Just *try* to put yourself in the shoes of a new developer to the Drupal project for a second. Is it better to be completely condescending when someone asks a question thereby giving them a bad impression of the developer community or would it be better to either a) not say anything or b) be polite and helpful? Option b shows leadership because you've potentially won a new developer to work on the project. Option a is available if you really don't care or can't do option b.
<br><br>Now if someone is being clearly annoying a personal message to that person may be in order, but it certainly isn't out of line for someone new to the list to ask a question like that and if your standard is that they should be aware of every conversation that has ever taken place since drupal began, well that's just ridiculous and insane. People get interested in things topically, and the first impulse isn't--and shouldn't be--maybe I should consult google to see if that was discussed before because that indicates some kind of final decision when that isn't what this is. I've seen long standing things change at the drop of a hat when someone makes a case for them, and that should be encouraged.
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