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Re: LaMont Jones, WTH are you doing?



Russ Allbery <rra <at> debian.org> writes:

> Just for the future, could folks try to avoid subject lines like this?  It
> comes across as a call-out, which sets things off on a confrontational

Oh, okay. Sorry.

> LaMont handled it very well, and not everyone is bothered by it, but it
> seems like an unnecessary escalation that we'd all be better off avoiding.

Right, and I’m also satisfied with the response.

> Something like "Odd upload patterns with postfix package" or even, if you
> have to call out a particular person, "Odd package metadata for LaMont
> Jones's uploads" would come across as less confrontational and more
> inquisitive, and I'm sure you still would have gotten responses.

Thanks for the positive suggestions in wording.

bye,
//mirabilos
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