action-adventure/A-Team[USE dependencies]

[Ant P.]

[Moderator note: this post, and all posts up through and including asturm's first facepalm, were originally part of USE flag dependencies and reverse dependencies. This subthread went off-topic discussing whether Mr. T.'s posts are a net positive for the forum, so it was split out. Some judgment calls had to be made on which posts to move and which to keep in place. If this thread is confusing, read the original, and note the timestamps to see how posts interleaved. I wanted to move Mr. T.'s post (quoted below; post link added by me) into this thread, but that would have made the original thread confusing. -Hu]

[Mr. T.]

@Ant P, I'm watching you and I have defined your behavior: you denigrate me regularly with your slanderous posts and your insinuations.

[Mr. T.]

With hindsight, the inconvenience due to the editions of the USE flags could also cause confusion.
It seems that I have already used euse and ufed. I have some ideas about this topic.
For instance, create a hook between emerge and an editor to apply USE flags editions systematically (an idea already used).

@lordoftheworld: Okay, I'm gone!

[Hu]

[Mr. T.]

@Hu: I disagree deeply with your opinion. I invite you to send your demonstrations by personal messages therefore I could refute them in a blog.

Edit: The stakes being important I will open a blog whatever the outcome.

[ian.au]

[Mr. T.]

After reflection, I stop my participation on the Gentoo forum. I do not wish to debate about that: it is my decision.

[Mr. T.]

@Hu: my offer is still valid. I'm waiting your input!!

Split this (and asturm's reply) from the reporting thread and merged here as that appeared to be Mr. T's intent. — JRG

[asturm]

'...in a blog.' :facepalm:

[Hu]

OK, I'm confused. I'm supposed to send supporting evidence by private message, so no one but Mr. T. can review it for accuracy. Whatever he disputes will then be posted to a blog, where I can't contest his results, and regular readers of the forum, the people he most wants to convince, may not even know to read it. Further, I'm invited to send it, then he decides to stop participating, then he says the offer is still valid. Did I miss anything or mischaracterize anything?

Mr. T., while I appreciate the offer to descend into an endless debate, I don't see the point. I've used moderator power very sparingly here: moving off-topic posts to a separate thread, then explicitly posting cross-links on both sides so anyone who wants to see the context can do so. You're welcome to make a case to other forum staff that I'm being inappropriate, but I can't think of anything I've done here that would be seriously considered to be wrong. I've neither binned nor deleted anything. I've carefully avoided editing the content of anyone's posts; all my edits are clearly marked pre-script or post-script blocks, and are only done that way because it's not practical for me to insert a post of my own at arbitrary points in thread history. (Posts are always date-ordered, which can make an interesting mess when merging threads.)

If instead you're unhappy with my conduct as a speaker (as you seem to be unhappy with Ant P. too), you're welcome to make the case here or in the report thread that I or he are acting in violation of the forum rules. Again, I don't see that my remarks or his rise to that level, but if I'm wrong, I'll apologize and try to be more careful.

[desultory]

While I quote Hu, my comments are more directed to "Mr. T.".