Re: Updating http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html

On 26 Apr, 2008, at 22:20, Andy Lester wrote:

>>>> Sounds like it's time to start a new history wiki page and go  
>>>> forward from there.
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>> You know, my toddler has more social skills than you as although  
>> she thinks everything is hers, she can be placated with a snack  
>> and/or a nap and, in fact, I told the person who forwarded the  
>> message that I was mostly pissed that nobody had come forward  
>> after all these years and that the only two people I'd say no  
>> first to would be you and Shlomi only because you are both so  
>> abrasive and so lacking in any tact that I wouldn't welcome the  
>> offer with glee.
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> Not sure why you're pissed at me, other than reflex.

I'm stating the obvious and my opinion. Both of you are terrific at  
stirring the **** and then letting it fall to the winds. I'd have a  
lot more interest if either of you had anything but ideas because  
someone who wasn't talking out their ass would have not only a lot  
more interesting comments but would have both a lot more respect for  
the do***ent and a lot more reluctance towards the amount of work it  
will require.

I'll even tell a story about such a thing. A long time ago, in a perl  
land far, far away, there was a vague cloud of stuff known as CPAN  
long before such things as search engines and it had an absolutely  
terrible "FAQ". I asked the grumpy bastard who would one day become  
my husband if I could update it and he told me to piss off. It made  
me mad and I sent the grumpy bastard a real HTML FAQ with expanded  
content that included such information as to how that dark pit  
actually worked. I think my reward for the effort was being asked to  
answer all the dumbass questions in email while he went on an 8 week  
holiday. Point being is that unless you have some real work to show  
or are so easily rebuffed then you really aren't worth the bother.

> I just figure it would be easier all around to move forward with a  
> new do***ent, or set of do***ents, rather than battle over the  
> existing one.

There is no battle. The do***ent is mine. I spent most of a year  
building it and, as I said, while I've been waiting for someone to  
come and have some enthusiasm for it, you and Shlomi are not the kind  
of folks I was hoping for as I want someone who will do something  
instead of throwing onto some damn wiki and hoping someone else will  
do the work for you.

e.