Re: Bug#684396: ITP: openrc -- alternative boot mechanism that manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host

[Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>]

On Sat, 2012-09-01 at 22:59 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Svante Signell wrote:
> >On Fri, 2012-08-31 at 19:34 +0300, Serge wrote:
> >> 2012/8/31 Josselin Mouette wrote:
> >
> >> Linux is still not about choice? Then let's make it be about choice!
...
> >> > As for Debian not being universal, this is certainly not my saying.
> >> > But toy ports and toy init systems are part of what makes Debian less
> >> > universal: being the universal OS doesn’t mean accepting every piece
> >> > of shit, it means being able to answer every user need.

> Svante, you've been causing trouble for a long time now, using the
> excuse of being a Hurd porter. 

Please, don't confuse my work on Hurd with my opinions about Debian as a
whole. I've bee using (and contributing to) Debian for a multitude of
years now, long before starting to port packages for Hurd (and
kFreeBSD). Please!

> I've been tempted to kill-file you for
> a while. But this particular message from you is so far out of line
> that I feel it needs a response. Calm down and apologise, or I will
> ask that the listmasters ban you from Debian lists.

I am completely calm. And I do apologise, I am sorry for suggesting that
somebody steps down from the project. That was wrong, admitted.

However, for the statement above, calling everything not in line with
that persons beliefs (or agenda) a "piece of shit" is also not nice,
independent of being a DD, DM or whatever. It is not productive, only
rude and showing lack of respect to other peoples work.