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 > > 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 :). -- Brian.