Quoting Ian Campbell (2018-11-10 12:01:12)
> On Sat, 2018-11-10 at 11:25 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Quoting Mattia Rizzolo (2018-11-09 21:29:30)
> > [a range of fine details snipped]
> > > Good bye, and thank you for your contributions you made back then!
> >
> > Thank you, Mattia. I found above to be a decent and polite post
> > when I read it yesterday.
> >
> > Today after reading that other response I felt the need to share my
> > impression.
>
> I couldn't disagree more. I found it (and very nearly replied to this
> affect) to be exactly as Willy characterised it ("full of self-
> justifications" etc) and can entirely understand why, under the
> circumstances, he should have become even more upset having received
> it. To respond to the initial mail in that fashion was _incredibly_
> tone deaf.
>
> I think the MIA team need to understand that some people who have left
> Debian may not want to be involved in any kind of retirement process,
> for whatever reason, and to simply honour those wishes (which in this
> case were made *very* clear) by just dropping it instead of continuing
> to poke at it or try to justify actions up to the point where it
> becomes clear they do not wish to be involved.
>
> There is absolutely no value here to Debian having the last word
> and/or being "technically in the right in having follow our
> procedures". The maximum response which I would consider to have been
> acceptable would have been:
>
> ACK, we will have DAM remove you instead of retire. I'm sorry to
> have bothered you more than necessary.
>
> Good bye, and thank you for your contributions you made back then!
>
> and even then I think it would have been better to simply say nothing
> at all, in accordance with Willy's wishes.
Thanks, those a good points, and I appreciate your taking the time to
elaborate on them!
- Jonas
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