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Re: Linking coreutils against OpenSSL



Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote on 10/11/2023 at 15:00:24+0100:

> On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 at 13:45, Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> wrote:
>>
>> Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> writes:
>>
>> > If we want to start nitpicking, then let's be exact: 0.61% of popcon.
>> > Whether that qualifies as "plenty" we'll leave as an exercise for the
>> > readers.
>>
>> I wonder if this sort of arrogant "don't care about minorities" attitude
>> will ever stop?  Was sort of hoping that things would quiet down when
>> everyone just gave up on the systemd and usr-merge crazyness. But it
>> seems the bullies continue on and on and on and on.
>>
>> I guess those 0.61% are run bt the most valuable Debian users out there.
>> I'm sorry to not be one of them, but that's the way things have become.
>> Not by choice.
>
> Having a 5x performance improvement in core utilities at zero cost for
> 99.39% of users and at the cost of an extra library that is already
> widely used for 0.61% --> bullying. Noted.

The problem is not the argument but clearly the way you state it, which
is quite coherent with your way of answering most of the time.

I know it's not mandatory, but a bit of empathy, a bit of caring and a
bit of "just because I can act bluntly with a pinch of contempt doesn't
mean I should" would be really appreciable.

-- 
PEB

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