[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: homepage/src news-archive.src.en,1.32,1.33

[Arpi]

Hi,

> Michael Niedermayer writes:
> > 
> > On Saturday 25 September 2004 14:37, Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
> > >
> > > Modified Files:
> > >  news-archive.src.en
> > > Log Message:
> > > Remove anti-Debian flame, this has been present for far too long.  Besides,
> > > it has never been true.
> > 
> > i use debian and like it, though it IMHO sucks in many ways, other 
> > distributions suck too
> 
> That's exactly what I think and everybody seems to agree judging from
> the fact that about 80% of the devs use Debian.

fact? prove it!
at the time of posting that news entry (afair based on an email by me)
we asked the core devs and counted, and found that more devs use non-deb
than debian. it included me, gabu and .so too, so by our leaving the
situation may changed by now, but it doesnt change the history!


> > and i was not happy about the anti debian flame
> 
> I was furious, but back then I was the only one who spoke up against
> it, unfortunately.
> 
> > but modifying other peoples news entries against their will (i
> > assume gabu didnt agree)
> 
> I did not ask Gabu for permission, no.  (Do I have to?  He left the
> project..)

so am i allowed to change your news posts to say 'debian sux'
after you leave the project, without asking anyone?

> > and without clearly marking the modification as such is IMHO
> > something we really shouldnt do, it now looks as if gabu said
> > something he didnt say
> 
> You have a point.  Nevertheless, there has never been a clear policy

what?

> on this.  I assume Gabu did not have permission from Alex to modify
> his news entry:
> 
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/homepage/src/news.
> src.en.diff?r1=1.38&r2=1.39
> 
> I'm not opposed to leaving news entries untouched when they express
> somebody's personal opinion and/or to preserve history.  But I am very

so then?

> much opposed to personal opinions (and much less very inflammatory
> ones) being voiced *in the name of the project* and thus in the name

it was never voiced so.

> of people who disagree with it.  Associating people with an opinion
> they do not share is unacceptable IMO.  There has to be a balance
> between being allowed to modify somebody else's entries and what you
> are allowed to write when it comes across as more than a personal
> opinion.
> 
> So let's strike a compromise here: I'll reinstate Gabu's original
> words in the news entry and add a NOTE or similar to the effect of
> "The following (inflammatory) statements do not represent the opinion of
> the MPlayer project as a whole." or "The following (inflammatory)
> statements just represent the opinion of the news entry author.".

rotfl

> OK?

not at all


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