Re: Respect for newbies and new comers [ was : moderators, I would appreciate if you could interfere ]
On Thu 19 Aug 2021 at 14:45:16 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>
>
> 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.
A illustration of "collapse of stout party" comes to mind her :).
--
Brian.
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