Yeah. Its getting tiring. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Christophe Vandeplas <<a href="mailto:christophe@vandeplas.com">christophe@vandeplas.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I can only confirm this... Let's hope this good and lenghty mail will be the end of these endless and useless discussions. <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Alex Ficelle <<a href="mailto:alexficelle.pub@gmail.com">alexficelle.pub@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Dear list, > >  Some people speak only Dutch, some people speak only French, some both >  Dutch and French or French and Dutch, some can also speak English, some >  no English at all. No matter the combination of languages you choose, >  not everybody will ever be totally satisfied or comfortable. > >  I notice the current language "policy" used on this mailing list has >  worked well until now. Those who can, write in English; those who >  cannot, write in their own language. Messages intended for everybody >  were written in English; messages intended only for people speaking a >  certain language were written in that language. People who could not >  read the language used in a particular message, but felt that particular >  message might be of interest, asked for the meaning or for a translation >  on the list or made a special effort to decode it by themselves. > >  As for real-life meetings, English has always been the lingua frenca >  (even if a clumsy one) and has enabled us to communicate when the whole >  group was concerned (even if communication was not 100 % perfect) and to >  get things done or going. People usually reverted to French or Dutch >  when speaking of informal matters in smaller sub-groups (during breaks, >  for example); they usually switched back to English when someone who >  could not understand the language felt an interest in the topic at hand. > >  In the past few months, I reduced my involvement in Ubuntu-be >  significantly because of big (time-consuming) changes in my personal >  life. I kept reading this list, though (and I have no problem reading >  messages in English, Dutch, French or German). And I must say I do >  really not like the new trend in the past few months of debating over >  language "issues" more than organizing events about Ubuntu. > >  I read many times repeated that the current language policy would drive >  people away from the list. Like I said above, my experience has shown >  that the policy has worked well until now. And right now, those sterile >  and endless debates about language are driving me away from the list, >  not the policy. > >  Alexandre > > >  -- >  ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > >  Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >  <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be</a> > -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>