On Friday, March 14, 2025 8:05:20 AM Mountain Standard Time Phil Wyett wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-03-14 at 14:15 +0100, Daniel Gröber wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 08:33:53PM +0100, Håvard F. Aasen wrote:
> > > Phil Wyett: I'm not interested in your script or your opinion.
> >
> > Håvard. Please consider that Phil's messages aren't just for you.
> >
> > As a sponsor I very much appreciate his work as it lowers the activation
> > energy necessary for me to decide to work on an RFS from a contributor
> > who's starard of work I'm not familiar with.
> >
> > You should feel free to filter Phil's mails in your MUA if they truly
> > bother you, but I belive you'd be shooting yourself in the foot doing so.
> >
> > --Daniel <3
>
> Hi Daniel, Havard,
>
> Many thanks Daniel for the appreciation of my contribution to Debian Mentors.
> I actually missed this comment at the bottom of the submitted RFS.
>
> To clarify, the reviews I do are not a script. Each test is manually run and
> re-run when required.
>
> This is the fourth snipe at me by persons regarding the contribution I make to
> Debian Mentors.
Some people who submit packages to Mentors feel defensive when anyone points out that the work they have done isn’t perfect. I understand the feeling as that is generally my first knee-jerk reaction when people make suggestions for my work. However, if the criticism is provided in a respectful manner we should all learn to not respond emotionally, especially because Phil’s suggestions are just going to be brought up by whoever sponsors the package, and by the FTP Masters if it has to go through NEW.
In other words, Phil, don’t take it personally. I think some of the adjustments you have made have improved your process, so I am grateful for that. But in other cases you can just ignore people who don’t like that your suggestions to improve their packaging are accurate.
--
Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org
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