On 2021-08-19 2:18 p.m., Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Steve McIntyre wrote: >>>> This mailing list, like all >>>> Debian-hosted mailing lists, is subject to both the Debian mailing >>>> list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of Conduct: >>>> [...] >>>> Inappropriate behaviour on the list may lead to warnings; repeated bad >>>> behaviour may lead to temporary or permanent bans for offenders. >>>> >>>> If you're trying to label that as "politically correct" then I think >>>> you may need to change your expectations. The "principles of open >>>> source" do not include a free pass to be abusive to others. > > Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >>> [...] Steve's message is pretty explicit, so I guess >>> the message he is trying to pass here is quite clear. > > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> Great for him, cheer if you feel like it. > > Well then: > > Three cheers for Steve McIntyre, former Debian Project Leader, carer of > Debian boot capabilities including the inavoidable cooperation with > Microsoft to get Debian working on Secure Boot EFI, and one of the most > influencial users of my own contribution to the free software world. > > https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=93sam%40debian.org > https://wiki.debian.org/SteveMcIntyre > > > Also he is one of the people who were addressed by the previous title > of this thread: "moderators, I would appreciate if you could interfer". > So giving him back-talk in respect to list rules and conventions seems > somewhat like asking for a demonstration of his authority. > I misunderstood the message from Steve and have sent him a apologies (in private). It wasn't my goal to provoke anyone here. And I'd like to add, now that I know that he's been the one that got the hard job of working with Microsoft. Thank you Steve for you hard work and be assured that I'm sure you had hard time convincing Microsoft that it would be good that they help us so we can get secure boot. I remember using secure boot in 2009 so it's been a long time since all this started and at that time they were not much into open source. Thank you Steve and sorry for taking your limited time. > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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