Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] I am really getting sick of this. Goodbye

[Ian Dunn]

I see what you're saying, awakeyet.  From a certain perspective, you make 
perfect sense.  Attempting to bog down the maintainer of a project like GNU 
IceCat to try and take it down is something I could see a competitor doing.  I 
won't argue that there are rotten people that do pull shady, petty tactics like 
that to get rid of the competition.

But there are also good people.  People like Daniel, that only wanted to see 
support for his OS.  He wants to use GNU IceCat, but he got attacked by people 
that laughed him out for not using GNU/Linux.  There could be 100 reasons he 
can't or won't switch, and we should respect that.  If we don't show our users 
respect, but instead assume that perfectly honest people are trying to troll or 
attack us, then we're going to lose people.  Not everyone is out to get someone 
else, although I know it can feel that way sometimes.

Everyone remember: We're all here because we want to see GNU IceCat succeed.  
I've been watching the development for years.  I've seen two maintainers try 
and fail to keep up with Mozilla's development cycle, and now a third is 
struggling to keep up.  That's why it's up to us to be supportive, not just of 
him, but of each other.

I know it's easy to label awakeyet as a conspiracy theorist and move on without 
understanding his perspective, but we should all keep in mind that he might be 
right.  And awakeyet, you need to be willing to accept that you might be wrong. 
 I'm not saying anyone's right or wrong here, but this argument is going to 
piss people off, and anger will only make it worse.

GNU IceCat is struggling enough without us all squabbling amongst each other.  
Let's end this now before things get any worse, and get back to supporting the 
browser we all love.

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Ian Dunn