remram,
Unfortunately, you are correct in this situation.
#1 you were due polite support for your issue, regardless of Fedora 19
existing, being current or not.
#2 the fact you aren't interested in Fedora 19 is perfectly acceptable
at this time as 18 is also current..
Current channel topic states: (as of 20:45PST 12 Oct 2013)
"Fedora 18 and 19 end-user support.| F20 Support #fedora-qa| Please
READ:
http://tinyurl.com/chanfaq | Common bugs:
http://tinyurl.com/f19bugs | IRC Feedback:
http://tinyurl.com/fedoraircsig | Howtos:
http://fedorasolved.org |
Updated Live isos:
http://tinyurl.com/live-respins | Default to OPEN"
Your issue falls within the first sentence in the topic "Fedora 18...."
<-- this means Fedora 18 questions are perfectly acceptable and
relevant, despite someone personally attacking you and not answering
your actual question based on their own angry attitude towards you and
desire to control what you're able to get support for.
Also, unfortunately, this individual will not receive any sanctions for
this treatment of you, welcome to the way the Fedora community operates.
The channel ops protect and defend each others ability to abuse, talk
down to or otherwise mistreat people with impunity.
As with any group there are individual exceptions to this, several of
the ops are indeed genuinely kind people out to help but for the most
part it's an "old boys" club. To go against that is to risk ones status
in the channel with respect to this group.
Your complaint will be noted, filed away in the dustbin and closed.
This is the sad truth.
On 10/12/2013 06:31 PM, irc-support-sig wrote:
#163: Offensive behavior - fenris02
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Reporter: remram | Owner:
Type: feedback | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 18
Version: | Severity: Neutral
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
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Comment (by remram):
I don't know why I put up with your offensiveness and insults for so long,
but I noticed that. I even just tried F19, just in case you might have in
fact provided me with one useful bit of advice in the flood of hate that
you pour out on newcomers. Unsurprisingly with the same results, the error
line that I stated coming in.
Nobody forces you to help. In fact, I think the world as a whole would be
a better place if you'd stop trying.
I'm not interested in further exchanges with you, that's why I left the
channel in the first place. I'm reporting your behavior here in the hope
that somebody can do something about it, I was not expecting much out of
it and apparently was right, if you're the one receiving it. There won't
be more communications from me.
Once again, good night. I appreciate you trying to help, although it
should be obvious to anyone reading the logs that you never should have in
the first place, given the state you get put in by somebody who to your
views misses a mere two words in one of your lines.