Re: Re: Internals and Newcomers and the Sidelines -- "let's proceed to ideas"
| From: | David Zuelke | Date: | Fri, 15 Jan 2016 01:20:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Internals and Newcomers and the Sidelines -- "let's proceed to ideas" | ||
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On 14.01.2016, at 13:18, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:
> The way I see it, we don't need to acknowledge having a problem in order to want to
> improve. I'm sure that resonates with most developers on this list - wanting to continuously
> improve does not mean you're saying that things were problematic to begin with. Instead,
> it's an assumption which is literally always true - wherever you are, whatever you do, you can
> always do better. It's true for everything - processes, relationships, code - and mailing list
> etiquette.
>
> The right question, IMHO, is do we want to improve? Do we want to try and be more polite and
> respectful? Do we want to try and improve the atmosphere? That's a much easier goal to rally
> around, I think, and for the most part, I can hardly imagine there won't be consensus around
> it.
I really like this line of thinking, and the positivity it projects.
David