Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?
deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> wrote on 23/01/2022 at 10:52:48+0100:
> Marco Möller wrote:
>
>> Asking for transparency to sound like trolling wasn't my intention. I am
>> sorry if I wasn't able to find the correct wording for keeping these to
>> things distinguishable.
>>
>> Being a grateful user of Debian, and being in my circle of influence a
>> strong advocate of the Debian project, and also of the KDE Plasma
>> desktop environment as available in Debian, I do not feel it to be, lets
>> say, insolent, if interested in community affairs. Actually, I feel it
>> desirable to stay well informed for reinforcing advocacy, and asking for
>> transparency is to me a coherent step.
>>
>> I feel that a concise statement from Debian insiders would gain a lot to
>> not provoke avoidable discussions and would right away defeat heat given
>> off obstructively.
>> As Thomas pointed out, there are hundreds of posts from years old
>> discussions which appear to be the prelude to the current situation.
>> Some of these public discussions have been quite controversial, partly
>> also questioning if community processes are always taking place
>> sufficiently transparent. Currently I find only a public statement from
>> one party. This could harm the Debian project. Some concise statement
>> from somebody in the Debian project with insights into the issue could
>> prevent Debian from bad repute by declassifying which are the positions
>> of the present disagreement.
>
> Looking into the details to me it seems exactly as expected. The liberal
> **** hijacked Debian as they did and do routinely with many other
> organizations. So now the Communist Party of Debian can rule with CoC.
> Great job - makes me feel proud of Debian (ironically).
> And I can imagine what will happen in the future. Debian will become like
> many other companies a victim of its CoC where it is not important to
> provide good software but to comply with what the communist party elite
> says. This is a pandemic for itself.
> I will be not surprised if I replace debian with something else in the
> future. Not because I care that much about the **** CoC, but because the
> ideologically motivated organization will not be able to deliver the
> expected quality.
Thanks for sharing this masterpiece of rhetoric, intellect and
understanding about how things work in Debian.
This was enlightening.
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PEB
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