Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Matthew Garrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060310 16:58]: >> Ok. Based on what we've discussed on IRC, you'll admit that Andreas >> attempted to get at least one person to agree to take responsibility for >> elmo's role as lead ftp-master without consulting elmo first? I think >> the difference is largely semantic, but, well. > > Quite interessting that you sent out that mail a few minutes after I > told you I'm going away from my computer. Well done.
Your complaint was over the fact that you interpreted "replace" as meaning elmo would no longer be an ftp-master. I clarified that. > Anyways, I disagree with that statement. If your cited sentence is > correct, Andreas has investigated whether someone (and you refused to > tell who, it might be even someone in the role of an ftp-master) might > be interessted in becoming lead ftp-master without asking James Troup > for permission first for that investigation. Correct. Or, as I said, "Andreas attempted to get at least one person to agree to take responsibility for elmo's role as lead ftp-master without consulting elmo first" > As far as I know James, it is possible to speak with other people > about solutions without offending him. And I can understand if > Andreas makes a first research round without asking James about each > candidate first - if there seems to be a competent and willing > candidate available, there is still enough time to discuss that with > James. And it is really something quite different whether one "attempt > to get someone to take over elmo's position" (in other words, hijack > that), or whether he investigates whether there is someone else who is > both competent and interessted, and then try to get a common > agreement. No, I think it's entirely unacceptable to start asking around for people willing to take over someone's responsibilities without first checking if they're willing to relinquish them. It's a clear statement that you don't think they're performing their duties well enough. > Oh, BTW, I hope I didn't do anything equally wrong for you when I talked > to Anthony today about stable point releases on an IRC channel where > James wasn't present. I know that James doesn't really mind, but you > might. Not at all. However, I should probably point out that I'll be doing your job as a member of Andreas's DPL team now. I've decided that you simply aren't good enough at it, and someone on IRC suggested that I'd do a better job than you. You're welcome to hang around, but all the difficult stuff is up to me now. Hope you don't mind. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
