Re: DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review)

2008-08-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:22:28AM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > o Upload fixing only release-critical bugs older than 7 days: > > >2 days > > > > > o Upload fixing only release-critical and important bugs: 5 > > >days > > > > > o Other NMUs: 10 days > > Not c

Re: NM = good, DD = bad

2008-08-15 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 04:08:17PM +0200, Bruno Brandris wrote: > This aint a comedy actually. But I was asked by Julien Danjou > (another angry Debian Developer) by a gentle email to stop > spamming this mailing list, because he > "do[esn]t have a fucking shit interest" in my topics. > > Is some

Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.

2008-08-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andreas Tille wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Whoa, is that a feeling or an accusation? >> >>> I see "feeling" clearly there on the second line. Why suggest Andreas >>> Tille is dishonest like that? >> >> Slapping prefixes around does not magically exempt you from taking

Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.

2008-08-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008, Adeodato Simó wrote: Whoa, is that a feeling or an accusation? I see "feeling" clearly there on the second line. Why suggest Andreas Tille is dishonest like that? Slapping prefixes around does not magically exempt you from taking responsibility for your words (and with

Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.

2008-08-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* MJ Ray [Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:20:26 +0100]: > Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Andreas Tille [Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:15:56 +0200]: > > > Yes, and the funny thing about this is that I've always seen men very > > > engaged > > > in this kind of discussion and I have the boring feeling th

Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.

2008-08-15 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 09:20:26AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >However, I think Andreas Tille is right: bodging language to use >"singular they" does not move us nearer to equality - it is a way of >hiding the struggle, while making the text less comprehensi

Re: About the use of epicene "they" in technical documents.

2008-08-15 Thread MJ Ray
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Andreas Tille [Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:15:56 +0200]: > > Yes, and the funny thing about this is that I've always seen men very > > engaged > > in this kind of discussion and I have the boring feeling that they are using > > this as kind of excuse for not do