Re: Bug#1067079: Clarify that policy on a technology does not implicitly mandate that technology

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Tue 02 Apr 2024 at 04:18pm +01, Josh Triplett wrote:

> Sean Whitton wrote:
>> On Tue 26 Mar 2024 at 10:11am -06, Sam Hartman wrote:
>> > I tend to agree with  Sean that your rationale is not convincing.
>> > It sounds like you want to use policy as a stick to hit people
>> > over the head and say "policy is not a stick."
>>
>> This was basically my concern.
>
> This feels like a painful mischaracterization of what I said. I don't
> want to use policy as a stick. I want to make policy less usable as a
> stick.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be pejorative.  I was meaning to say
something more like "you can't fight fire with fire", rather than saying
you actively wanted to use Policy like a stick.  I'm sorry I was so
terse.

-- 
Sean Whitton