At 2025-04-15T16:45:40+0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > I think this is because there's a substantial contingent in Debian who > "hate politics". They see us "doing politics" and dislike us for it. > They think think Debian can avoid politics (spoiler: it's a project of > thousands of humans, we can't) and therefore they think the drama is > the fault of whoever is complaining. > > In these circumstances it is hardly surprising that we have some teams > that are well-known to be dysfunctional and toxic, but which nothing > is ever done about. Anyone who tries to take them on gets punished, > because taking on toxicity is by definition political. > > I wish we could get *better* at doing politics. If we did it better, > we would have much a nicer environment *and* we would probably spend a > lot less emotional energy on the politics, overall.
I vigorously endorse these observations (and the rest of your message). The price of cowardice is to be governed by bullies. Regards, Branden
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