Andrew Suffield wrote on 15/01/2006 05:20: [I know the below quote has been directly linked to the 2005/08 incident of which I know no details - not being a DD yet myself - but I assume you would hold the same opinion with respect to your recent d-d-a post]
> I fail to see how expressing a simple opinion like that, which is not > even an uncommon one, *on a private mailing list*, could possibly be > 'detrimental to the project'. That is pure slander. Well, your post to d-d-a is potentially somewhat detrimental to the project. Had you simply made a post like the following, probably nobody would have cared. I even wouldn't have cared if you had made your d-d-a post to d-d instead. Now here is what would probably been OK: ----------------- cut here ----------------- Subject: To all who care about the quality of d-d-a This list is about the Debian project and important news to and from it's developers. Please refrain from posting off-topic stuff on this list. Needing to make it a moderated list would be a shame. ----------------- cut here ----------------- Irony and sarcasm on big public mailinglists is always a problem, especially if there are some corporate staff people also reading the list and - at least partially - judging the whole project by the contents of that list. Apart from your posts intention (which I wholeheartedly agree with), I can't agree with the form you took. However, even though I agree with your intention (of keeping d-d-a as close to its topic as possible), I don't really see anything too bad about Raphael Herzog's post. Sure, he talks about Ubuntu a lot, but his whole point is how Debian and Ubuntu could cooperate more closely, giving Debian Developers information about where they can find stuff on Ubuntu's "side". Hell, his post asking both sides for cooperation is on topic on d.d.a as on (whatever the equivalent for ubuntu would be) IMHO. regards, Sven
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