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> every few days (hours?) some noobish person desides to ask some fantasy question about whatever topic of interest they are noobing about on openbsd (and other
by rrix2 9y ago
> every few days (hours?) some noobish person desides to ask some fantasy question about whatever topic of interest they are noobing about on openbsd (and other OS) discussion lists, and then gets whiny when they are being called out for being 'green' about life itself. this is another of those cases, and I have no idea why it got crossposted here or upvoted.
this sort of attitude is astoundingly hostile and toxic for an open source community to hold.
- kelnos 9y agoI agree, but understand how tiresome it can get when people who -- understandably -- don't know any better do a drive-by of your project and suggest things, things which have often already been discussed to death, or don't even need to be discussed because anyone knowledgeable about the project would immediately see there's no need for discussion. Now, that doesn't mean that a hostile rebuff is required or good policy, but random people who actually do not know what they are talking about, and haven't taken the time to learn enough to know what they're talking about, don't really deserve a long, in-depth, drawn out rebuttal or discussion.