On Sunday 07 April 2024 at 20:10:59, Tomasz Torcz wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 07, 2024 at 01:32:03PM -0300, altoid via Dng wrote:
> >
> > On 7 Apr 2024 at 18:18, Wolfgang Pfeiffer via Dng wrote:
> >
> > Something is wrong when the word *like* is used so many times.
> > This is just *one* paragraph:
> >
> > ---
> > So, I think where Debian is failing now is getting new people into
> > Debian. *Like*, I don't remember, *like*, exactly the answer. But I
> > remember hearing someone mention, *like*, the average age of a Debian
> > Developer is, *like*, above 40 or 45 or something, *like*, exact age,
> > I don't remember.
> > ---
>
> That's probably a transcription of recorded interview. Speech is
> different than written text.

Agreed. However, I think there are standards of competent spoken English
(when English is the language of the community in question), *especially* when
one is being interviewed, which this transgresses.

In my opinion, anyone standing for election to a post which requires not only
technical competence but also communication skills (which I believe is true of
Debian Project Leader) needs to be able to express themselves in better than
teen-culture slovenly language.

Maybe I should cross-post this to the "eventually we all get old" thread?


Antony.

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Engineers think "If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet".

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