Re: Sven Luther

[Mike Hore <mike_hore@aapt.net.au>]

Hi folks,

I'm fairly new to Debian and this list, and I don't even know what all 
this is about, but I'm involved in various other mailing lists which 
sometimes have quite heated discussion, so let me just make a couple of 
points:

** If a list is moderated, the usual procedure is to stop discussion of 
a particular controversial topic.  An individual is only blocked for 
spamming or the like.  This list isn't moderated so subject-level 
blocking wasn't available, still, the blocking of an individual seems 
*extremely* drastic.

** The "ban" announcement
http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2007/05/msg00234.html
makes it clear that others besides Sven were involved, and it was only 
intended to be temporary till tempers cooled.  It's been nearly 2 months 
now.

So IMHO the ban (if it ever should have been applied) should end ASAP.

Cheers,  Mike.

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          Mike Hore        mike_hore@aapt.net.au
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