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Re: new list and personal fights on debian



>From bruce  Tue Apr  6 04:23:55 1999
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From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
> No one should feel afraid to post in rebuttal against the leaders of this
> community. If we can't doubt their reasons, or question their motives, then
> they are not the leaders that we need.

Hear, Hear!

> However, some feel that you are trying to feed off of the public lists
> and opinions just to get affirmation on what you believe.

Not affirmation, Consensus! What could be more important? How could anyone
familiar with our process have missed that? And yes, I feel I'm getting a
consensus on some of these issues. Should I feel bad about asking for one?
Maybe you could clear this up for me.

> Maybe in the future it would be wise to refrain from directing public
> statements toward specific people.

Indeed.

	Bruce


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