Re: disbursement approvals and email privacy

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader <leader@debian.org> [2005-04-26 18:45]:
> > > Details are attached.
> > 
> > Martin has complained, with some justification, that I may have
> > disclosed sensitive information by posting this message to -project
> > instead of -private.  (More specifically, he feels I may have
> > breached his trust by redistributing a private mail he sent me.)
> 
> I don't care about the information that were posted because I have
> nothing to hide.  I undertook all of that travel (and much more) and

Having nothing to hide is a very bad excuse for leaking private stuff
to the public or third parties whose interest differs.

I don't think that the amount of reimbursed money needs to be put in
public and that -private would have been a better place instead.

> More generally (and probably more importantly), my complaint was also
> that I think posting too much information wastes other people's time.
> Do you CC your manager at work on every message you send?  Do accounts
> at a company send a detailed summary for every single expense to every
> employee?  I think a monthly report of expenses and stating something
> like "DPL related expenses for Martin" would be enough, and if people
> want to know details, they can always ask.  I'm all for transparency
> and making information available, but I'm worried about wasting
> developers' time by posting useless drivel (or stuff which people
> misinterpret, see slashdot).

Ack.

Regards,

	Joey

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