On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 07:21:26PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I don't see why, in this context, that's a useful heuristic to have. If > you want to debunk someone's argument,
I'm not sure I'd characterize what I tried to get across as debunking someone's argument. More so, questioning whether somebody - who I do not recall having participated in the prior discussions - should insist that we shut down this one, especially when the other participants so far *have* been thinking about this for a long time, and have not exhibited any untoward behaviour on this occasion. > The mere fact that the discussion is recurring should rather hint at the need > of having some kind of documentation about the status of this discussion > (e.g. a DEP, or a wiki page, or a bug report, whatever is appropriate), > containing a summary of the arguments in favors and against and corresponding > counterarguments. That's true. Reading mailing list archives can be a chore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130507175712.GA10339@debian
