Hi Neil (2022.07.16_03:19:27_+0000) > > That was less of a discussion, and more of someone who is new to our > > community making a noise about how we are doing things wrong and should > > be doing them differently. I think most people roll their eyes and mark > > the thread as read. Many suggestions like this have been discussed > > before, many times, without any concrete actions coming out of them. > > > > As the person who was driving the Discourse initiative, I do take slight > objection to being described as someone who was new to the community, or > characterised as "making a noise".
My apologies. I wasn't describing you but a drive-by discourse suggestion. Now that I look for the email I'm referencing in the archive, I can't find it. So, it's entirely possible I made it up. Sorry :) > In fact, the reason that things did not progress was due to the massive > amount of stop energy at trying to improve our processes. I simply gave > up in engaging with Debian rather than trying to push for what I (still) > believe will improve engagement with new maintainers. Yeah, that's where getting things done in Debian gets less fun :( SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272