Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)
On Wed, 14 May 2003, Chad Walstrom wrote:
> IIRC, the debian-devel mailing list has always been a no-nonsense forum.
> Honestly, the anti-spam technique you employ is very simple, but also
> very draconic, in-flexible, and rude. It is far better to set up some
> sort of cookie handshake autoresponder than to /dev/null everything.
> There are procmail recipies for this, and if you're slightly resourceful
> with google, I'm sure you'll find them. If you want a polished system,
> use TMDA.
Most people on this list hate TMDA as well.
>
> > I know now that I have no place in your current culture. Debian has
> > moved on, and so have I. The old saw about never being able to go
> > "back" has just been reinforced in my mind.
>
> I would urge you to seriously reconsider the scope of the "problem"
> here. It's not simply an incompatibility amongst the Debian developer
> crowd, but an incompatibility amongst most of the Internet population in
> general. Reconsider your anti-spam policies.
Additionally, why should Clay be a brat, and refuse to work? One must have
thick skin to work in Debian, and just because one doesn't get along with
others in the project, doesn't mean that these others would not be willing to
accept work that is done.
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