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Yeah I'd submit it but I don't really want to have to deal with Theo and his planet-sized ego.

by na85 12y ago

morganvachon 12y ago
I've yet to interact with him specifically, but it's been my experience that OpenBSD devs are helpful folks, if not as friendly as the Slackware crew. But I'm not submitting bug reports to make friends.
Gracana 12y ago
You should watch some talks and interviews with Theo. He is very nice and cares about his development team and his users; he's really not the cranky jerk that he's often depicted as.
- DominikD 12y ago
  Oh, he is from time to time, but it's mostly towards people from the outside who pop in at random and tell OpenBSD folks How Things Should Be Done. I get it that some people tend to think they know what's right for any and every project and I'm sure their heart is in the right place. But at the same time I can see why this comes across as impolite to order people around like that. Dev's responses are typically proportional to BS dumped at them. But taken out of context it's easy to paint them as hostile and ego-driven.
  - yellowapple 12y ago
    "it's mostly towards people from the outside who pop in at random and tell OpenBSD folks How Things Should Be Done" See also: Richard Stallman's attempt to troll the OpenBSD mailing list[0] after having been called out[1] about a misunderstanding of the OpenBSD ports tree (and its existence as an index of software that can be built or installed on OpenBSD, free or otherwise). [0]: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119730630513821&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119730630513821&w=2 [1]: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119725673616073&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119725673616073&w=2
- feld 12y ago
  Theo is South African. He comes from a culture where you are very blunt.
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Met_a_Nice_South_African http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Met_a_Nice_South_A...
  - linuxydave 12y ago
    >He comes from a culture where you are very blunt. No we're not. Stop talking kak.
    - linuxydave 12y ago
      Is the joke too subtle? Oh well.
      - feld 12y ago
        :-) you got it
  - kabouseng 12y ago
    Oh please what absolute bullshit. Almost in the same vein as all Americans are stupid and know nothing of world affairs.
    - linuxydave 12y ago
      Haha, yeah I was thinking the same thing. SA, like most countries, is too diverse to be able to make such blanket statements.

Yeah I'd submit it but I don't really want to have to deal with Theo and his planet-sized ego.

by na85 12y ago

Yeah I'd submit it but I don't really want to have to deal with Theo and his planet-sized ego.

I've yet to interact with him specifically, but it's been my experience that OpenBSD devs are helpful folks, if not as friendly as the Slackware crew. But I'm not submitting bug reports to make friends.

Gracana 12y ago

You should watch some talks and interviews with Theo. He is very nice and cares about his development team and his users; he's really not the cranky jerk that he's often depicted as.

DominikD 12y ago
Oh, he is from time to time, but it's mostly towards people from the outside who pop in at random and tell OpenBSD folks How Things Should Be Done. I get it that some people tend to think they know what's right for any and every project and I'm sure their heart is in the right place. But at the same time I can see why this comes across as impolite to order people around like that. Dev's responses are typically proportional to BS dumped at them. But taken out of context it's easy to paint them as hostile and ego-driven.
- yellowapple 12y ago
  "it's mostly towards people from the outside who pop in at random and tell OpenBSD folks How Things Should Be Done" See also: Richard Stallman's attempt to troll the OpenBSD mailing list[0] after having been called out[1] about a misunderstanding of the OpenBSD ports tree (and its existence as an index of software that can be built or installed on OpenBSD, free or otherwise). [0]: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119730630513821&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119730630513821&w=2 [1]: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119725673616073&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119725673616073&w=2
feld 12y ago
Theo is South African. He comes from a culture where you are very blunt.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Met_a_Nice_South_African http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Met_a_Nice_South_A...
- linuxydave 12y ago
  >He comes from a culture where you are very blunt. No we're not. Stop talking kak.
  - linuxydave 12y ago
    Is the joke too subtle? Oh well.
    - feld 12y ago
      :-) you got it
- kabouseng 12y ago
  Oh please what absolute bullshit. Almost in the same vein as all Americans are stupid and know nothing of world affairs.
  - linuxydave 12y ago
    Haha, yeah I was thinking the same thing. SA, like most countries, is too diverse to be able to make such blanket statements.