Re: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-06 Thread Amaya
Ian Jackson wrote: > Sam Hartman writes ("Time for compassion and the Init GR"): > > [stuff] > > Thanks for putting all of that into words. Ditto. Very well said. -- .''`.The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are : :' :strong at the broken places.- Ernest Hemingway

Re: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Sam Hartman writes ("Time for compassion and the Init GR"): > [stuff] Thanks for putting all of that into words. The future looks scary for Debian as a community, but for all of us, even if we lose, this result should have some positive aspects. If the vote provides a definitive conclusion, we c

Re: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-06 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, zlatan: > Sam, this is wonderful. Thanks on taking time to write this up. > Seconded. ;-) NB: please don't fullquote unnecessarily. -- -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@li

Re: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-06 Thread zlatan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sam, this is wonderful. Thanks on taking time to write this up. I do not have much to add but just to express myself - I am in Debian because of community. Yes, the quality of Free software in Debian Stable releases is really a dream story for its

Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-06 Thread Sam Hartman
Early morning, Wednesday, November 19, the results of the GR on init system coupling will be announced. No result will make everyone happy. In fact, that morning, some of our developers, users and contributors will be really unhappy. I would be dishonest if I said I didn't hope to be happy and r