Bug#774384: developers-reference: soften advice to justify retirement to debian-private
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> writes:
> Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> (2015-01-02):
>> * Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org>, 2015-01-01, 21:49:
>>> -Send an gpg-signed email about why you are leaving the project to
>>> -<email>debian-private@&lists-host;</email>.
>>> +Send an gpg-signed email announcing your retirement to
>>> +<email>debian-private@&lists-host;</email>. It's courteous, but not essential,
>>> +to include a brief explanation of your decision.
>> Seconded.
> Seconded as well.
>> (I'd even go as far as to remove the second sentence. People will figure
>> out themselves that they can explain their reasons if they wish so.)
> That would make sense.
Yeah, I agree. While we may all like to know, we really don't need to
know, and I'm not sure we can defend even the statement that it's
courteous to disclose what may be private, personal reasons.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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