Re: Disparaging people's motivation to contribute to Debian was: Re: packaging DiscoDOS - a cli tool for vinyl DJs
On 5/15/20 10:42 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Friday, May 15, 2020 4:36:52 PM EDT Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> On 5/15/20 7:09 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>>> On Friday, May 15, 2020 12:55:48 PM EDT Thomas Goirand wrote:
>>>> On 5/15/20 5:43 PM, jojo wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to join the list because I think my software is a valuable
>>>>> addition to the debian universe, my ultimate goal would be to bring it
>>>>> into Ubuntu Studio because it is music-related.
>>>>
>>>> I really think it's a shame that people join Debian just because of
>>>> Ubuntu... :(
>>>
>>> Thomas,
>>>
>>> Ask yourself if you are modelling being a member of a welcoming community
>>> here?
>>>
>>> There are lots of examples of people who initially became interested in
>>> Debian via Ubuntu and are good Debian contributors and project members.
>>>
>>> You are free to think whatever you want, but I don't think this kind of
>>> sentiment has any place on Debian lists.
>>>
>>> Scott K
>>
>> This was kind of rhetorical, and it is my believe that if it is the way
>> it is, *we* are at fault, globally in Debian. I'm just not sure how to
>> fix that. I BTW don't agree with you, and IMO, this has some place on
>> the Debian lists. Having Debian (directly) appealing to everyone is very
>> important topic.
>>
>> Of course, Jojo is very much welcome, and I'm sorry that you take it
>> this way. I've pointed at many docs to help, so I very much believe he
>> knows I warmly welcome him.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Thomas Goirand (zigo)
>
> If you don't actually think it's a shame he wants to participate in Debian, it
> might be better not to say so.
I should be more careful with my choice of words.
If I'm not mistaking, in English, "it's a shame" can have 2 meanings.
One is like "shame on you", which isn't what I meant. The other one is
"I regret that", which was what I originally wanted to say.
Does it make more sense now?
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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