On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 09:43:53AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >Le lundi, 17 février 2020, 19.19:02 h CET Sam Hartman a écrit : >> >>>>> "Jerome" == Jerome Charaoui <lavam...@debian.org> writes: >> Jerome> Following the announcement of the DebConf20 location, our >> Jerome> desire to participate became incompatible with our >> Jerome> commitment toward the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions >> Jerome> (BDS) campaign launched by Palestinian civil society in >> Jerome> 2005. Hence, many active Montreal-based Debian developpers, >> Jerome> along with a number of other Debian developpers, have >> Jerome> decided not to travel to Israel in August 2020 for >> Jerome> DebConf20. >> >> >> I'm quite frustrated, disappointed and angry reading the above. >> >> I had expressed a fairly strong discomfort with the anti-DC20 messaging >> I got from the original contact about Montreal. > >To offer some contrast, although I can agree such introduction _could_ have >been left out of the announcement email, I find the phrasing to be honest, >transparent, and fair: it is not against Debian, not against DebConf, not >against the DebConf Committee. It is merely explaining in full sight their >reasons to a) not attend DebConf; b) organize that event at that time.
It's also adding a lot of unnecessary negativity, in my opinion. It's easy enough to simply announce an event *without* this. It's another Debian event, we have lots of them every year. There's no need for further complaint. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
