On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:10:16AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Unfortunately, other mailing list discussions have been less > happy. A somewhat acrimonious argument between Sven Luther and members > of the d-i team spread out across various lists, starting at > [3]. There has been quite lot of public discussion and more private > attempts to repair the situation, but at this point things are not > looking too hopeful.
The situation is indeed not hopeful. The mediation attempt of the DPL failed, as he ranged himself basically with the opinion of the d-i team, and acted more like a judge delivering a sentence, than a mediator, sending his sentence to a public list, without even forewarning me. I guess Anthony doesn't know what mediation means. I am thankful for the effort Steve made to try a true mediation, altough there was absolutely no visibility and transparence of what discussions where going on with the other side of this argument, which i believe only foreshadowed the final sentence. It was more important to not hurt the feeling of the d-i team and to let them have their pride, than to search a real solution to this issue. Also, i do believe it sets a bad precedent, in that the DPL affirmed by this actions, that it is ok for people inside debian to chose moment of personal distress of other DDs to get revenge on them, and have no respect for the person behind the DD. This is i belive a failure of the electronic media we use for communication, people would generally not behave such in real life, and if they did, they would be scorned upon by their entourage, and not justified like it happens here. I guess this means that i will take a less active role in debian in the future, and to all those who are now saying good riddance, shame on you, you are not worthy of what debian represents, altough that sure seems to have changed since i first joined 8 years ago. Hurt, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
