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Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro
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Peter Schaffter |
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Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro |
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Sun, 21 Sep 2014 21:07:50 -0400 |
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2014, Deri James wrote:
> On Sun 21 Sep 2014 20:50:37 Keith Marshall wrote:
> > On 21/09/14 20:04, Deri James wrote:
> > > I'm glad that Ulrich has answered you, it was not my place to
> > > identify the person as they contacted me privately,
> >
> > Sure, but we must strenuously discourage such private communications;
> > how on earth can we expect to effectively co-ordinate development, if
> > potential developers are left in the dark, regarding what each other is
> > doing?
> >
> > > but I felt the list should be aware something was in the wind.
> >
> > Right. Not just "should"; it is imperative.
> >
> Keith,
>
> I hope you agree that what I did was correct. If someone asks to look at my
> code, it does not mean they are definitely going to write something, so its
> not my part to announce their definite involvement, since the final decision
> is theirs. However, I wanted to inform the list in case someone else was
> working on the same thing. Have I breached etiquette by dealing with the
> circumstances in this way?
I concur with Keith, but there was no breach of etiquette, IMO.
Sometimes there are good reasons why list members prefer to discuss
things off-list, especially during the exploratory phase of an idea.
--
Peter Schaffter
http://www.schaffter.ca
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/21
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Ulrich Lauther, 2014/09/21
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Deri James, 2014/09/21
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/21
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/21
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Deri James, 2014/09/21
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro,
Peter Schaffter <=
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/29
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/09/29
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/29
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/29
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Clarke Echols, 2014/09/29
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/30
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/30
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/30
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/30
- Re: [Groff] PDFPIC macro, Keith Marshall, 2014/09/18