On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 02:52:37PM +0300, Reco wrote: [...] > I'm not a part of Debian project, I'm just a user. Then you are part, somehow. The one thing I appreciate about the Debian project is precisely that it doesn't treat their users as a merchandise (something less and less common these days). > While I can build a package or two if a need arises, I'm too lazy to > play this "maintainer for myself" role too often. > So I (the user) use the packages they (maintainers) give me. Yup. But they're listening. And they tend to be nice and civilised people. > And I use "they" as a way of referring the group of people I'm not > acquainted with, or whose identities are not relevant to the question > discussed. Fits here, IMO. Do you a favour. Next time there's a Debconf near you, do attend (if at all possible). It's totally worth it, and perhaps, after that, "their" identities will be relevant [1]. Cheers [1] I understand that you used this "identities aren't relevant" in a slightly different sense, by your restriction of context "to the question discussed". But I took the freedom to misinterpret you (just a little bit) to make the point, that yes, those Debian developers are people, each one which their character, each one different, but whom I trust _a lot_ (the functioning of my work computer depends on many of them, and they've let me down very rarely), and whom, in a somewhat abstract way I love, because they do their stuff with dedication, and often for no pay. So at some undefined meta level it is relevant again :-) -- t
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