Re: Silent majority

2018-09-06 Thread Carsten Agger
On 09/06/2018 08:51 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: On 09/06/2018 12:25 AM, b...@gnu.org wrote: [...] Perhaps you should gather in a field, organize a tournament and come back when someone wins -- or have a good discussion somewhere IRL? [...] All jesting aside, I'm also tired of seeing this floo

Re: Daniel on discussion@ (Re: what makes a good president and chairperson?)

2018-09-06 Thread Bernhard E. Reiter
Hi Stefan, Am Mittwoch 05 September 2018 19:03:46 schrieb Stefan Uygur: > If you have had just googled, for the sake of your intelligence, > my name, you will have seen that that email is associated to my name. when you wrote (on the 31th) that you | know and have been part of communities like F

Re: Silent majority (was: supporting our fellowship representative)

2018-09-06 Thread Ben Oliver
On 18-09-06 07:25:12, b...@gnu.org wrote: In any case, please keep in mind that some readers may be completely lost and partially fed up with the spectacle. Thanks, -- Bastien Could not agree more. I became a supporter back in June, I joined the list at roughly the same time. Since then, al

Re: Silent majority (was: supporting our fellowship representative)

2018-09-06 Thread Reinhard Müller
Dear [formerly] silent majority, Thank you so much for speaking up now and with very clear words. We hear you. Now everybody let's get back to constructive work for Free Software. Thanks, -- Reinhard Müller * Financial Team Free Software Foundation Europe signature.asc Description: OpenPGP d

pros for hg instead of git (was: to git or not to git)

2018-09-06 Thread Bernhard E. Reiter
Am Mittwoch 05 September 2018 21:44:20 schrieb Alessandro Rubini: > Having two options instead of one is always good. Yes, this is why my post was about the effect chains if we use and support one tool or several ones. Because in a lot of situations others are already completely booked on one to

Re: selective censorship (aka some words from your list-admins)

2018-09-06 Thread Erik Albers
Dear Daniel, On 05.09.2018 20:25, Daniel Pocock wrote: > One of those posts is so offensive and inaccurate that I would kindly > request that if you are willing to censor new subscribers, Moderation is unlike censorship. Every message that is written in an appropriate tone will be delivered to t

Re: Silent majority

2018-09-06 Thread Erik Albers
Hi all, On 06.09.2018 07:25, b...@gnu.org wrote: > I don't know nothing about what's been talked about in this thread. > > This is just a reminder that there are probably many subscribers like > me who don't have a clue of what is at stake here. > > Perhaps you should gather in a field, organize

discussion@lists.fsfe.org

2018-09-06 Thread Bernhard E. Reiter
Hello, there is a conference https://bits-und-baeume.org/en that aims to bring together several approaches for sustainability in the physical and digital world. I've learned about it only a few days before the closing of the CfP and submitted three proposals: a) Talk about "How to improve the wor

Re: Daniel on discussion@ (Re: what makes a good president and chairperson?)

2018-09-06 Thread Stefan Uygur
Andreas, You really are asking me this question while the reason of my disappointment is clearly quoted? Seriously? But l will try to help you by listing just a couple of reasons: 1. He accused my email address to be associated somehow with Daniel and he even deared to do a research on my email.

Re: Silent majority (was: supporting our fellowship representative)

2018-09-06 Thread Stefan Uygur
Reinhard, You are reading and agreeing only now on this statement while l asked the exact same in the very beginning of the flame? Pls do your homework before playing mastermind here. I am speechless really. On Thu, 6 Sep 2018, 09:08 Reinhard Müller, wrote: > Dear [formerly] silent majority, >

Re: Silent majority

2018-09-06 Thread Stefan Uygur
Erik, there is only one way to achieve your aiming in calming down situation and it is the one I suggested, that the current staff of FSFE has to go. It is true that it is purely my personal opinion but it is also true that I have some experience in saying this, enough to say that FSFE will grow n

Urgent Call to Action: Save Free Software this September

2018-09-06 Thread Alexander Sander
Hello all, In the context of our https://savecodeshare.eu/ campaign we just published this call to action: https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180905-02.html - We would be happy if you spread this message to your networks: Call to Action: Save Free Software this September Free Software is at risk

FSFE infrastructure is no place for personal attacks

2018-09-06 Thread Erik Albers
Dear lukerogers, your message is offensive and a personal attack to another list-subscriber. In my function I shall protect other community members and list-subscribers in a way that they can feel at ease without fearing any form of attack, reprisal or harassment. I am not going into more detail h

temporary moderation of this list

2018-09-06 Thread Florian Snow
Dear list subscribers, Many mails in the recent discussions do not add new arguments, but rather fuel a heated meta-discussion about who said what with which intention. Over the course of just one day, the CARE team was alerted to several issues and more and more people, both on the list and in pr

Re: to git or not to git

2018-09-06 Thread David Boddie
On Wed Sep 5 19:44:20 UTC 2018, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > Today I read some (most?) documents on the project's site, and I see > that it's very similar, but on the flip side it looks like interactive > rebases are not as easy as they are with git, and I really use them a > lot (I write several fe

Re: Silent majority (was: supporting our fellowship representative)

2018-09-06 Thread lukerogers
I didn't start this thread to "win", I started this thread to say I will quit if things don't change.  That is my right.  Lot's of groups doing great things who deserve my money. After watching the replies, now my decision is clear. -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbo

Re: to git or not to git

2018-09-06 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/06/2018 06:42 AM, David Boddie wrote: > On Wed Sep 5 19:44:20 UTC 2018, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > >> Today I read some (most?) documents on the project's site, and I see >> that it's very similar, but on the flip side it looks like interactiv

Re: to git or not to git

2018-09-06 Thread David Boddie
On Thursday 6. September 2018 12.21.17 Timothy Pearson wrote: > On the topic of history rewrite, I'd argue that allowing it on a private > (read: development) repository provides better commits and less chance > of losing work. It allows the developer to incrementally commit small, > incomplete,

Re: to git or not to git

2018-09-06 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 09/06/2018 02:46 PM, David Boddie wrote: > On Thursday 6. September 2018 12.21.17 Timothy Pearson wrote: > >> On the topic of history rewrite, I'd argue that allowing it on a private >> (read: development) repository provides better commits and less chance >> of losing work. It allows the deve