On community (un-)friendliness [was: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums]

2021-09-30 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 06:38:04AM +0200, Borden wrote: > > In fact, annoying volunteers tends to reduce their voluntarism... > > That's fair. But people age [...] Folks, I'm out of this discussion anyway, but please: change your subject line. Be considerate towards the original poster and don't

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-30 Thread Borden
> In fact, annoying volunteers tends to reduce their voluntarism... That's fair. But people age and, if they're any good at what they do, have less time to volunteer as they get busier and promote through their career. So how do you encourage new volunteers to join and replace veterans? How do y

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-30 Thread riveravaldez
On 9/30/21, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 08:46:35PM -0400, Celejar wrote: >>Do you really mean that in the open source world, there is - and should >>be - no expectation that a contributor who supplies a patch to a >>prominent public project that is rejected should receive at

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-30 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 08:46:35PM -0400, Celejar wrote: Do you really mean that in the open source world, there is - and should be - no expectation that a contributor who supplies a patch to a prominent public project that is rejected should receive at least some sort of explanation for the deci

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-29 Thread tomas
On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 03:50:35AM +0200, Borden wrote: > >> > >> You really should consider stopping to reply and leave things as they > >> are. > > > >I agree, it's time to stop this thread, I am satisfied with things how they > >are. > > And nobody's learnt anything [...] Yes, I, at least, le

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-29 Thread Borden
>> >> You really should consider stopping to reply and leave things as they >> are. > >I agree, it's time to stop this thread, I am satisfied with things how they >are. And nobody's learnt anything. The overwhelming consensus is that the class system works and that anyone who thinks otherwise is

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-29 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:34:43 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 07:10:08AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: ... > > or at least consider it > >and have the courtesy to tell me why they can't or won't accept the > >patch. > > I'm sorry, neither the Xen maintainers nor any ot

Fwd: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-29 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/28/2021 11:34 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 07:10:08AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: As the original poster, I can say this hits the nail on the head. Most definitely, Andy Smith and others claim a right to call newcomers like me a laughingstock, damned, etc., on the

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-29 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/28/2021 10:23 AM, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Chuck Zmudzinski wrote on 28/09/2021 at 13:10:08+0200: On 9/27/2021 9:18 PM, Borden wrote: I sympathise with your frustrations. The open source "community" - especially Debian - is not known for its civility. There have been numerous article

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread deloptes
Borden wrote: > Empathy is the ability to step outside your own experience to see the > world from someone else's perspective. It's an evolved human attribute > that separates us from other animals, I've read. Well, still your perception is quite different than someone else. For me debian user is

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 07:10:08AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: As the original poster, I can say this hits the nail on the head. Most definitely, Andy Smith and others claim a right to call newcomers like me a laughingstock, damned, etc., on the basis of their supposed god-like status. ...

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread Borden
> We must live in different worlds, then. Unless you're writing from the multiverse (in which case there are many people who _really_ want to meet you), we live in very much the same world. Empathy is the ability to step outside your own experience to see the world from someone else's perspect

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Chuck Zmudzinski wrote on 28/09/2021 at 13:10:08+0200: > On 9/27/2021 9:18 PM, Borden wrote: >> I sympathise with your frustrations. >> >> The open source "community" - especially Debian - is not known for >> its civility. There have been numerous articles (and backlashes) >> identifying the ram

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/27/2021 9:18 PM, Borden wrote: I sympathise with your frustrations. The open source "community" - especially Debian - is not known for its civility. There have been numerous articles (and backlashes) identifying the rampant misogyny, racism, arrogance, murder and general rudeness amongst

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-28 Thread tomas
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 03:18:56AM +0200, Borden wrote: > I sympathise with your frustrations. > > The open source "community" - especially Debian - is not known for its > civility [...] We must live in different worlds, then. Things go wrong from time to time, but we keep trying. Intervening in

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-27 Thread Borden
I sympathise with your frustrations. The open source "community" - especially Debian - is not known for its civility. There have been numerous articles (and backlashes) identifying the rampant misogyny, racism, arrogance, murder and general rudeness amongst its members and leaders. If you're ex

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Linux-Fan
rhkra...@gmail.com writes: On Sunday, September 26, 2021 08:45:13 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 07:00:06AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Well, to be fair to Google, the first two or three hits did show FAOD, > > but without explaining what it meant -- those sites that

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 07:51:18PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Ahh, looking harder, apparently means: For Avoidance Of Doubt (chiefly British) It certainly clarified things. :-D

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 9/25/21 5:10 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2021-09-25 at 20:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 07:51:18PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 25, 2021 07:43:04 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I had to look up the meaning of FAOD. Are you kidding me? What di

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-09-26 at 08:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 07:00:06AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Well, to be fair to Google, the first two or three hits did show FAOD, but >> without explaining what it meant -- those sites that you have to actually go >> to to find the mea

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, September 26, 2021 08:45:13 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 07:00:06AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Well, to be fair to Google, the first two or three hits did show FAOD, > > but without explaining what it meant -- those sites that you have to > > actually go to

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 07:00:06AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Well, to be fair to Google, the first two or three hits did show FAOD, but > without explaining what it meant -- those sites that you have to actually go > to to find the meaning. I skipped over those to find a hit that actual

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/26/2021 7:28 AM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 9/26/2021 7:18 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:58:44 PM Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I am truly sorry, are there second chances in the Debian Community? I hope and trust so -- I've had to make use of them more than on

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/26/2021 7:18 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:58:44 PM Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I am truly sorry, are there second chances in the Debian Community? I hope and trust so -- I've had to make use of them more than once ;-) ... That is why defamation is not the

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:58:44 PM Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > I am truly sorry, are there second chances in the Debian Community? I hope and trust so -- I've had to make use of them more than once ;-) > ... That is why defamation is not the only > issue to discuss here. The other is priva

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-26 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, September 25, 2021 08:10:31 PM The Wanderer wrote: > rhkramer correctly identified it in the most recent reply: "For > Avoidance of Doubt". It hadn't occurred to me that it wouldn't be > readily recognizable in these circles, or that Google wouldn't find it > easily. (I may actually be

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-09-25 at 20:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 07:51:18PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Saturday, September 25, 2021 07:43:04 PM rhkra...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> I had to look up the meaning of FAOD. Are you kidding me? What >>> did I do or say to get a respo

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 07:51:18PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, September 25, 2021 07:43:04 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, September 25, 2021 06:32:16 PM The Wanderer wrote: > > > FAOD, > > > > I had to look up the meaning of FAOD. Are you kidding me? What did I

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-09-25 at 19:51, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, September 25, 2021 07:43:04 PM rhkra...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> On Saturday, September 25, 2021 06:32:16 PM The Wanderer wrote: >>> FAOD, >> >> I had to look up the meaning of FAOD. Are you kidding me? What >> did I do or say to

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, September 25, 2021 07:43:04 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, September 25, 2021 06:32:16 PM The Wanderer wrote: > > FAOD, > > I had to look up the meaning of FAOD. Are you kidding me? What did I do > or say to get a response like that? > > I may have misunderstood which

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, September 25, 2021 06:32:16 PM The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-09-25 at 09:06, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Friday, September 24, 2021 05:31:47 PM The Wanderer wrote: > >> Based on what I've found in digging earlier, as well as the name > >> mentioned by Andy Smith in his reply, I th

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-09-25 at 09:06, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, September 24, 2021 05:31:47 PM The Wanderer wrote: > >> Based on what I've found in digging earlier, as well as the name >> mentioned by Andy Smith in his reply, I think it's probably >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?b

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread Jeremy Hendricks
Chuck, I’ve been following this email thread. I’m a nobody here but: you can’t change the past but you control the future. People make mistakes in how things are handled. But you can avoid them in the future. I say this as an extrovert in a senior IT position and I've been known to be “animated”

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/25/2021 10:02 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 09:06:34AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, September 24, 2021 05:31:47 PM The Wanderer wrote: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=994899 - specifically. the first reply (comment 10). […] I've r

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 09:06:34AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, September 24, 2021 05:31:47 PM The Wanderer wrote: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=994899 - specifically. > > the first reply (comment 10). […] > I've read over message #5, and without b

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-25 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, September 24, 2021 05:31:47 PM The Wanderer wrote: > Based on what I've found in digging earlier, as well as the name > mentioned by Andy Smith in his reply, I think it's probably > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=994899 - specifically. > the first reply (comment 10).

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Tom Dial
On 9/24/21 05:45, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the > Debian bug tracking system which is hosted > on a public, Debian website in response to a > bug report I made. > > Since Debian's policy is to keep everything > on its website public, and I was told every

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
The Wanderer writes: > On 2021-09-24 at 14:00, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > >> Chuck Zmudzinski writes: >> >>> I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking >>> system which is hosted on a public, Debian website in response to >>> a bug report I made. >> >> Bug number? > > Based on

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Thomas Hochstein
Joe Pfeiffer schrieb: > Bug number? 994899

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Are you still at it? Have you not heard of the Streisand effect? -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland ✎j...@debian.org 🔗 https://jmtd.net

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-09-24 at 14:00, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Chuck Zmudzinski writes: > >> I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking >> system which is hosted on a public, Debian website in response to >> a bug report I made. > > Bug number? Based on what I've found in digging earlier,

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 03:34:28PM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > My question though is, can emails be deleted from the debian > archive of the mailing list (and comments from the debian bug > list?)? I've seen spam emails deleted from the list archives and from bug logs; there is even

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread piorunz
Hello Chuck Zmudzinski. On 24/09/2021 18:37, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: However, if Debian refuses to remove defamatory comments, perhaps Debian could be held liable if Debian refuses to remove comments at a person's request if the comments truly harm a person's good reputation and, for example, d

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread piorunz
On 24/09/2021 20:34, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Could you please delete my name / details / remove the mail" Practically, this is impossible: the mailing lists are archived, potentially cached by Google and so on. Unfortunately, there is nothing much we can do to ensure that all copies anywher

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, September 24, 2021 01:55:41 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Can I suggest you read the FAQ posted to this list monthly by me. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/09/msg6.html is the latest > copy. > > The last point about deleting emails and personal details is relevant, >

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Chuck Zmudzinski writes: > I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the > Debian bug tracking system which is hosted > on a public, Debian website in response to a > bug report I made. Bug number?

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 01:37:45PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/24/2021 8:04 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:45:03 -0400 > > Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > Hello Chuck, > > > > > happened to me, but I would not be surprised > > > if in the U.S. eventually Debian will

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, 2021-09-24 at 13:37 -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > Who would hire me if they read what is now being said about me by Andy Smith, > et. al. on Debian's web pages.  Lots of people. Anyone who would not hire you based on your bug report, or what others have said about you and your but re

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Peter Ehlert
Respectful sir, please review what you just wrote on a public facing page. I for one would not want you in my work place. Best Wishes with your job search. BTW: the internet is Forever. It can't be cancelled. On September 24, 2021 10:38:01 AM Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 9/24/2021 8:04 AM, B

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/24/2021 8:04 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:45:03 -0400 Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Hello Chuck, happened to me, but I would not be surprised if in the U.S. eventually Debian will get sued unless it scrubs its website of some of the In the USA, Section 230 covers this; Debia

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/24/2021 8:04 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:45:03 -0400 Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Hello Chuck, happened to me, but I would not be surprised if in the U.S. eventually Debian will get sued unless it scrubs its website of some of the In the USA, Section 230 covers this; Debia

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Chuck On 2021/09/24 13:45, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking system which is hosted on a public, Debian website in response to a bug report I made. Since Debian's policy is to keep everything on its website public, and I was told every m

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/24/2021 10:10 AM, Jonathan Carter wrote: Hi Chuck On 2021/09/24 13:45, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking system which is hosted on a public, Debian website in response to a bug report I made. Since Debian's policy is to keep everythin

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/24/2021 9:19 AM, Andy Smith wrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 07:45:03AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking system That is an interesting point of view, but I think you were simply accused of being factually wrong and creating a poo

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/24/2021 9:19 AM, Andy Smith wrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 07:45:03AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking system That is an interesting point of view, but I think you were simply accused of being factually wrong and creating a poo

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:45:03 -0400 Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Hello Chuck, >happened to me, but I would not be surprised >if in the U.S. eventually Debian will get sued >unless it scrubs its website of some of the In the USA, Section 230 covers this; Debian can't be held liable for comments made

Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Andy Smith
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 07:45:03AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking > system That is an interesting point of view, but I think you were simply accused of being factually wrong and creating a poor quality bug report. It was your choic

Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

2021-09-24 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
I was accused in public of wrongdoing on the Debian bug tracking system which is hosted on a public, Debian website in response to a bug report I made. Since Debian's policy is to keep everything on its website public, and I was told every message I send regarding Debian must be put on Debian's p