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 -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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