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Re: Respect for newbies and new comers [ was : moderators, I would appreciate if you could interfere ]




On 2021-08-20 5:22 p.m., Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021-08-19 5:33 p.m., Brian wrote:
>> 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
OMG ! That's a truckload of contribution !

>>>>   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 :).
>>
> Thank you
> 

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Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside
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