The mythtv community (was: [mythtv] DVB: no longer paying attention to "Open DVB card on demand"?)

[Bob Ham]

On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 13:46 -0400, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 18:00 +0100, Bob Ham wrote:

> > If this really is bad advice, I think it should be noted by the
> > aforementioned people what "help" is available, and that the
> > determination of some particular developers to elevate themselves above
> > others in terms of help given (and, it seems, all other things,) is
> > detrimental to not only the user community, but the mythtv community as
> > a whole.
> Any advice you get from #mythtv-users may be incorrect. If you want
> some shielding from bad advice consult the HOWTO on
>   http://www.mythtv.org

And what should one consult when the HOWTO cannot help?  I was told the
-user channel and mailing list.  The problem is that these places are
populated largely by the blind leading the blind, resulting in bad
advice.

> Any advice you get from any source may be incorrect, but I think you
> are being a bit hasty in blaming developer ego's for bad advice you
> get from some random user on #mythtv-users.

You misunderstand.  I don't blame developers' egos for the bad advice I
received; I blame the person that gave me the bad advice.  I don't even
blame the developers for creating an artificial divide between users and
developers.  I simply point out that the developers' attitudes are
detrimental to the mythtv community.  Specifically, I refer to the
refusal to offer advice or guidance to anyone that isn't a "developer"
themselves.

Bob

-- 
Bob Ham <rah at bash.sh>
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