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When a person is deeply involved with something that turned into a conflict and then they write their history of it, as is the case with the link above, then I
by Eisenstein 2y ago
When a person is deeply involved with something that turned into a conflict and then they write their history of it, as is the case with the link above, then I would say that framing them as a 'reporter' is not accurate.
- srid 2y agoOut of curiosity - what makes you think that the author of the link above, Chris McDonough (incidentally an author of the Pyramid Python web framework), is "deeply involved" with the NixOS conflict?
- Eisenstein 2y agoIt is a firsthand account of someone in the community. They referenced no sources and gave a description of events based entirely on memory. They claimed their own involvement and interest in the outcomes.
- imp0cat 2y agoRight, but I don't see a better way. Do you think an outsider (ie. an impartial person) be able to provide a better summary? Even as outsider has to get his info somehow, usually by interviewing those involved and then filtering stuff.
- Eisenstein 2y agoIf the person is involved in a situation and recounts a history from their perspective it is not reporting. It doesn't matter whether you think they did a good job or not. A combatant in a war writing their evaluation of it afterwards is not 'reporting' and neither is what he did.
- imp0cat 2y agoSo now we're comparing the NixOS community to a warzone? Is it really that bad?
- Eisenstein 2y agoAn analogy is not a literal comparison between two things. It is a way to describe something by pointing out relationships between things and comparing the relationships. It does not literally compare NixOS with a warzone.