[FFmpeg-soc] nettiquete [was: add logo to video]

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:43:05PM -0500, Jeremy Mordkoff wrote:
> > Diego Biurrun said on Monday, December 03, 2007 11:56 AM
> > 
> > ...
> > This has been fixed in the meantime:
> > 
> > http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/mailinglists.html
> > 	
> > If this is not clear enough, I'd like to hear your feedback.
> 
> This is much better than anything I came upon when I first joined. The
> link to thread hijacking is a dead end. Could it be said that this
> thread was hijacked? Or did I just hijack it by changing the subject? 

No, you did not hijack this thread, not at all.

I have restored and cleaned up the Wikipedia article on thread
hijacking, feedback is welcome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_hijacking

> > > If you want people to follow some rules then take the time and write
> > > them down and put them someplace obvious, like the registration
> > > page. Otherwise, it _is_ your fault.
> > 
> > Are you referring to the mailing list page above or for example
> > 
> > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-soc/
> 
> This was basically the only mailing list page that I saw. 
> 
> Don't get me wrong here...I really appreciate all the work that everyone
> has put into ffmpeg and into answering questions. But tossing emails
> just because someone is following the recipe to the letter is little
> foolish. Kind of like tossing every resume that has one typo.

It's not thatt people are not following the recipe, I'm under the
impression they are unwilling to read the recipe handed to them and
expect to be given help for free wherever and whenever they need it.  I
may well be wrong of course.

Diego