On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 03:30:49PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 05:39:10PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > >> For those playing along at home, Mike isn't a Debian developer, doesn't > >> maintain any packages, and isn't a new-maintainer applicant. He doesn't > >> even seem to be a regular participant on the debian-legal list. > > > > That's not even remotely relevant to the points he makes. The identity > > of the person that makes the arguments isn't relevant. The arguments > > are. > > How about reading what Anthony actually replied to? Mike demanded that > the DPL perform certain actions. Suggesting that somebody actually get > involved in Debian before making demands of its leadership isn't > unreasonable. Alternatively, it could be phrased as a request.
His message was polite, and didn't seem like a demand (despite the use of the word "cabal"). His request was quite reasonable, and I heartily agree with it. His message also was much more than that, which aj totally dismissed. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
