Re: Let's Stop Getting Torn Apart by Disagreement: Concerns about the Technical Committee

2017-10-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 28 Oct 2017, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > During posting in those endless mailing list threads back then and > then being moderated by listmasters… asking myself "why me? … and not > everyone else as well?" For the record, listmaster@ did not moderate you. I'm sorry if you felt that you

Re: Bitcoin donations

2017-10-28 Thread Ben Finney
Adam Borowski writes: > I consider Bitcoin to still be far less repulsive than both the > mainstream banking system and para-banks like Paypal. Likewise, I think Bitcoin is – while not perfect by any stretch – at least as worthwhile as PayPal for donations to a worldwide

Re: Let's Stop Getting Torn Apart by Disagreement: Concerns about the Technical Committee

2017-10-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Gunnar Wolf writes: > It's easy to reach a technically sound decision, but it's hard to uphold > it without someone somehow getting sore about it. I don't know how > inevitable this is, but I recognize it happens in many different > areas. And a few sore people "hurt" more than

Re: Let's Stop Getting Torn Apart by Disagreement: Concerns about the Technical Committee

2017-10-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Martin Steigerwald writes: > I always found that just focusing on the technical aspects of the Init > system discussion left out… everything else. Even the issue in itself > was not purely technical, although back then I had the a feeling that > almost no one agreed with me

Re: Let's Stop Getting Torn Apart by Disagreement: Concerns about the Technical Committee

2017-10-28 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Sam Hartman dijo [Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 08:18:48PM -0400]: > > As a member of the technical committee, I've grown increasingly alarmed > as I think about the impact of the issues that come to us. > Yes, we're giving answers. However, I think we are doing a lot of harm > to the members of our

Re: Let's Stop Getting Torn Apart by Disagreement: Concerns about the Technical Committee

2017-10-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hello Sam. Sam Hartman - 27.10.17, 20:18: > As a member of the technical committee, I've grown increasingly alarmed > as I think about the impact of the issues that come to us. > Yes, we're giving answers. However, I think we are doing a lot of harm > to the members of our community in the