What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 12, 2014 17:33 UTC (Thu) by NightMonkey (subscriber, #23051)
In reply to: What's in a (CentOS) version number? by andresfreund
Parent article: What's in a (CentOS) version number?

If you don't like his comment, don't respond to it, babe. Telling him to shut up is not productive. These defensive posts for Red Hat are starting to look like astroturfing, which is never a good thing.

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 12, 2014 18:12 UTC (Thu) by andresfreund (subscriber, #69562) [Link]

Meh. I don't particularly care about RH. I've never personally used it and professionally I don't have very much contact either. I just find those rants incredibly repetitive. Voicing your opinion once or five times is OK. But were long past that.
There's enough real discussion to be had instead of the same back and forth.

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 13, 2014 8:15 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (1 responses)

He didn't ask to shut up, he asked to respond in a different way or not to respond. That's perfectly acceptable. It also is a mischaracterization to call it "defensive post". If someone sees conspiracy theories all the time, at one point the normal thing to do is to say something about it. Suggesting that's not productive: why? If you dislike some behaviour that you notice you'd not say anything? Not everyone is the same, I prefer people who are polite but this doesn't mean never saying anything.

Lastly, "babe", wtf?

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 13, 2014 9:49 UTC (Fri) by andresfreund (subscriber, #69562) [Link]

> Lastly, "babe", wtf?

I felt so enthralled by the diminutive that I've since privately asked for a date.