From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Leo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Leaving the GNU Guix community
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:10:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h7jof2o7.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <888c71d21bbbc8dc7e8b4d5396694c83@zaclys.net> (Leo Le Bouter's message of "Fri, 30 Apr 2021 01:43:37 +0200")
Hi Léo,
I’m sad you reached the conclusion that our inability to understand each
other cannot be overcome; perhaps you’re right, though I like to believe
there’s always a way forward. I hope we can meet each other again, in
Guix or other spaces in more favorable conditions, under less stress.
There’s a lot of food for thought in your message. I think it’s fair to
say that maintainers and in fact most contributors have been paying
attention to welcoming people regardless of their experience level; the
manual, although technical, also strives to assume little knowledge in
the field. We can certainly improve on both fronts, but at least this
is already a goal of the project.
You write that “the difference between the beginner and the experienced
is a construction”. I sympathize with your rejection of the
student-professor domination. However, I think newcomers can and should
benefit from guidance by the experienced; that’s the only way we can
truly blur the experienced/beginner distinction. As an “experienced”
person in this project, I consider it part of my work to help others. I
believe knowledge sharing can be achieved without it becoming a
domination relation. That is at least what I think most people here
strive for.
Thanks again for your contributions. I wish you the best for your
future endeavors. We will welcome you back whenever you feel we can
work together again.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-30 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-29 23:43 Leaving the GNU Guix community Leo Le Bouter
2021-04-30 0:31 ` Ryan Prior
2021-04-30 1:01 ` aviva
2021-04-30 11:03 ` Leo Prikler
2021-04-30 11:10 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2021-04-30 17:54 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2021-05-01 2:34 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-05-01 14:45 ` Joshua Branson
2021-05-01 17:47 ` Léo Le Bouter
2021-05-05 14:27 ` raingloom
2021-05-01 4:51 ` Chris Marusich
2021-05-02 0:15 ` Making technology more inclusive Was: " Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
2021-05-05 21:11 ` raingloom
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