On Friday 25 February 2005 01:35, Jay West wrote:
> Or is there another point you're trying to make? I spend a pretty huge
> amount of time on this stuff, mostly behind the scenes. I'm not asking for
> any praise, but I don't need to be chided about taking a while to implement
> a feature.
We just went through this regarding package management.
: find out who the maintainer is and send him email flames
> that always works for me ;-)
: "Dear Mr. Maintainer. I know you spend your free time providing a deb
version of OpenOffice.org because you're nice, but could you please get off
your lazy ass and make a 1.1.4 deb?"
> good one (don't forget to call them a 'lamer', etc., too tho)
: oh yes.. forgot that part
So, I think the correct protocol for getting someone to do something for you
in their free time is to insult them call them a slacker, luser, lamer...
follow this up with more repetitive insulting email until the person give in.
Throwing in some L33T sp33K will also show them that you are t00 c001 to
argue with.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
: find out who the maintainer is and send him email flames
> that always works for me ;-)
: "Dear Mr. Maintainer. I know you spend your free time providing a deb
version of OpenOffice.org because you're nice, but could you please get off
your lazy ass and make a 1.1.4 deb?"
> LiquidNerd: good one (don't forget to call them a 'lamer', etc., too tho)
: oh yes.. forgot that part
> oh, and sign it Bruce Perens just to really get them motivated
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