Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-15 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 08:12:36PM +1200, Nigel Jones wrote: > On 15/07/05, Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:11:49AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > * Anand Kumria: > > > > > > > [1]: > > > http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/debian-debates-support-for-ports/

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-15 Thread Nigel Jones
On 15/07/05, Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:11:49AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > * Anand Kumria: > > > > > [1]: > > http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/debian-debates-support-for-ports/2005/07/12/1120934228145.html> > > > > Apparently, this is subscription o

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Brian May
> "Greg" == Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Greg> Common Courtesy states that one should also mention personal Greg> communications, even if completely ignored by the person(s) Greg> in question. Doesn't this also run the risk of making the person look bad? I guess it de

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 21:25 +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:03:00PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:57 +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > > > On 7/14/05, Christian Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Anand Kumria wrote: > > > > > > > > > Than

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:03:00PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:57 +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > > On 7/14/05, Christian Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anand Kumria wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able >

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:11:49AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Anand Kumria: > > > [1]: > http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/debian-debates-support-for-ports/2005/07/12/1120934228145.html> > > Apparently, this is subscription only. 8-( > > Has this article been republished by another newspape

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Florian Weimer
* Olaf van der Spek: >> First of all, in my opinion your mail never should have gone to -devel, >> but only to Martin Schulze and maybe to Branden Robinson. > > Why can't this be discussed in public? There are probably more people > concerned about this then only him. It's considered bad style to

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:57 +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > On 7/14/05, Christian Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Anand Kumria wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able > > > afraid to point out when a debian developer is obvio

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On 7/14/05, Christian Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Anand Kumria wrote: > > > Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able > > afraid to point out when a debian developer is obviously not able to > > satisfy all the Debian-related demands on their time;

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Thu, July 14, 2005 17:20, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Wed, July 13, 2005 04:04, Nigel Jones wrote: >> but IMHO he does a good job. > > I do not - of couse I meant "I do not agree"... :-) Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Wed, July 13, 2005 04:04, Nigel Jones wrote: >> Or, should you find the demands on your time too pressing, why not use >> this opportunity to step-aside as the Debian press contact. > Love the pun, but IMHO he does a good job. I do not - while I don't want to judge Joey's skills, for me it's a

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Christian Fromme
Hello, Anand Kumria wrote: Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able afraid to point out when a debian developer is obviously not able to satisfy all the Debian-related demands on their time; let alone their committments. First of all, in my opinion your mail nev

no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Anand Kumria
Hi Torsten, Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able afraid to point out when a debian developer is obviously not able to satisfy all the Debian-related demands on their time; let alone their committments. >From http://www.debian.org/intro/organization> you can vari

Re: no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

2005-07-14 Thread Torsten Landschoff
Hi Anand, On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:32:54AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able > afraid to point out when a debian developer is obviously not able to > satisfy all the Debian-related demands on their time; let alone their > commit

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-13 Thread Brian May
> "Torsten" == Torsten Landschoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Torsten> [1 ] Torsten> On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 08:40:17AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: >> Or, should you find the demands on your time too pressing, why >> not use this opportunity to step-aside as the Debian press

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
Torsten Landschoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 08:40:17AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: >> Or, should you find the demands on your time too pressing, why not use >> this oppor

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-13 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 08:40:17AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > Or, should you find the demands on your time too pressing, why not use > this opportunity to step-aside as the Debian press contact. Suggestions like these are just way off. Please adjust your attitude. Greetings Torsten s

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:11:49AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Anand Kumria: > > > [1]: > http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/debian-debates-support-for-ports/2005/07/12/1120934228145.html> > > Apparently, this is subscription only. 8-( Registration in some circumstances, but no money.. > Has

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-13 Thread Florian Weimer
* Anand Kumria: > [1]: http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/debian-debates-support-for-ports/2005/07/12/1120934228145.html> Apparently, this is subscription only. 8-( Has this article been republished by another newspaper with less tight access controls? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-13 Thread Rudi Effe
Am Mittwoch, 13. Juli 2005 04:04 schrieb Nigel Jones: > I don't see how his comment was slagging them off. Maybe "slagging off" is not the right expression. Apart from the last sentence that I don't really understand (as non-native speaker), I could imagine that Anand was annoyed about his comme

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-12 Thread Nigel Jones
On 13/07/05, Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I just read this article[1] in the SMH. I think there are a few points that > you should keep when talking to the press in future: > > - don't "slag" them off / don't complain aobut the press I don't see how his commen

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just read this article[1] in the SMH. I think there are a few points that > you should keep when talking to the press in future: > > - don't "slag" them off / don't complain aobut the press > > - Just talk about Debian, unless explicitly a

Re: interacting with the press

2005-07-12 Thread Steve Greenland
On 12-Jul-05, 17:40 (CDT), Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Martin, >[deleted] Hi Anand, I just read your post to debian-devel, and here is something that you should keep in mind when criticizing volunteers who spend a lot of their personal time doing a thankless job: - Don't sla

interacting with the press

2005-07-12 Thread Anand Kumria
Hi Martin, I just read this article[1] in the SMH. I think there are a few points that you should keep when talking to the press in future: - don't "slag" them off / don't complain aobut the press - Just talk about Debian, unless explicitly asked for comments on other t