As a regular in #debian (on OPN/freenode) for over 5 years and a contributor to the debian project, one would expect that I would be treated slightly better by the ops than random newbies.
That, however, is not the case. "stew" (Mike O'Connor) seems to have some personal vendetta against me and will silence me at the slightest mention of something negative about anyone else. When a newbie insults me, however, there are no consequences. When I complain about this treatment, I get silenced. Sometimes, my entire company, ITA Software (approx 500 people), is silenced, and the developers here are active debian users and supporters to a large degree, particlularly the ones with the most linux experience here. I do not understand what I have done to make stew so opposed to me personally, and many regulars can attest to my contributions to the channel over the years. A good number of those regulars were originally newbies and gained their respect for me through my guidance, which, while harsh at times, was what made them learn debian effectively enough to become helpful contributors to #debian, in turn. If this is how regulars are to be treated in a quasi-official debian support forum, I am not sure what kind of message the debian project is trying to send. Maybe I am just not wanted in the debian community, and I should refrain from contributing. -- Rahul Jain debian user and advocate since 2000 contributor to the debian installer and common lisp packaging -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
