Bas Wijnen writes ("Re: "done with consensus decisionmaking", "war", "rearguard
battles" [was: Re: REISSUED CfV: General Resolution: Init system coupling]"):
> [stuff]
Bas, thank you very much for your support, but I'm afraid I really
have to disagree with some of what you have said:
> So let me explain how I see the situation. I also have a personal
> opinion about systemd, but that wasn't part of my previous message and
> I've tried to keep it out of this one (but I didn't entirely succeed).
>
> - There are organisations (Microsoft, Apple, probably the NSA, probably
> not Red Hat) who want to harm free software in general, or Debian in
> particular.
> - It is likely that those who are against us try to infiltrate our
> organisation.
These things are probably true, but I don't think they are relevant to
the current disputes.
> - Lennart and his gang are accused of being such infiltrators, trying to
> take over the free software world by force, with the purpose of
> harming it to the greatest extent possible. (This is an observation
> that this accusation exists, not a judgement on whether this is true.)
I'm afraid I think that such characterisations of systemd upstream are
absurd. I guess it's just a measure of how bad the discourse has
become that people will take such things seriously, and think that I
believe them.
For the record, I don't think it is necessary to invoke a shadowy
conspiracy to explain what is going on. The actions we have seen from
systemd upstream can IMO be entirely explained by undisputed facts
combined with very ordinary human frailty.
I certainly have strong feelings about some of what systemd upstream
have done. Indeed Bas's comments later in his message cover some of
those reasons I have for being upset with systemd's promoters.
But, I don't believe that systemd folks are trying to destroy free
software, or destroy Debian.
Thanks,
Ian.
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