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Re: Dependencies et al (was: Default Debian install harassed me)



On Mon 07 Oct 2019 at 14:45:29 -0400, Michael Stone wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:17:21PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 01:54:17PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > I don't agree that responding to a troll will lead to a beneficial outcome.
> > 
> > You're entitled to your option, of course.
> 
> For context, the most recent message from that account started out with:
> 
> "I posted to publicly state that Debian developers are assholes, but
> now I see that Debian users are assholes too (just like religious cult
> of Theo de Raadt which we know as OpenBSD)."
> 
> I think most people would agree that's a troll account which isn't going to
> lead to any meaningful engagement. It's probably reasonable to assume that
> any issues raised by the troll account were selected to cause conflict, not
> to request assistance for a real problem in need of a solution.

If that had been in a submitted bug report, it would been closed within
seconds.

> > Still, there were some valid points in that e-mail.
> 
> We can certainly agree to disagree.

About the points? Yes. About the tone? No. It is unacceptable on this
list and does not deserve to be championed.

-- 
Brian.


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