Hi,

I���m writing this because I���m sad about what is happening in this list.
I���m seeing a lot of general negativity and non constructive ways to discuss things.
I���m also seeing more and more people using Pharo for their particular interests (which is of course a good thing) but less and less people who contribute back to Pharo.
Finally, I���m seeing more frequently an attitude of ���customer���, more than the conviction than this, Pharo, is also yours���

Please people, we (the pharo ���core��� team) cannot do everything. We do not have the manpower or the resources to hire manpower. We would like, but we just do not have the resources (is already a blessing that we can work on this, for now: INRIA is paying, but what it pays is *research*, not ���pharo the language���, so this is a collateral advantage���.)

So, having an OPEN SOURCE project, with limited resources means that there is a lot of things that depend on the community.
It depends on the community not just to fix, but to enlarge the ecosystem in general too.

So, I refuse to believe that we cannot be a cool and helpful community.
I refuse to believe that general negativity and bad humor can overcome the joy of participating in this collective effort.

So, here some recommendations for enhance the way we participate:

- Be positive. Just ���this is a s**t��� does not help. Even if it is.
- Be propositional. Just ���this is a s**t���, and not telling what you want/prefer does not help.
- Be proactive. Just ���this is a s**t���, and not report, discuss and (at least time to time) provide a fix/enhancement does not help.

In conclusion: not helping does not help :)
After all, this is the ���pharo-dev��� list. I mean, the list of people wanting to participate from this great, community effort.

cheers,
Esteban, still grateful of belonging to this community