From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22226 invoked by alias); 8 May 2018 16:36:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 22004 invoked by uid 89); 8 May 2018 16:36:34 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=attract, Hx-languages-length:938 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com From: Alexandre Oliva To: "Carlos O'Donell" Cc: Andreas Schwab , DJ Delorie , libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [rain1@airmail.cc] Delete abortion joke References: <80f7d266-078e-dcc4-5167-ead8b06ab6ae@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 16:36:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <80f7d266-078e-dcc4-5167-ead8b06ab6ae@redhat.com> (Carlos O'Donell's message of "Tue, 8 May 2018 08:32:30 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-05/txt/msg00299.txt.bz2 On May 8, 2018, "Carlos O'Donell" wrote: > As a GNU package maintainer for glibc you have accepted the responsibility > to maintain glibc, this includes '5. Recruting Developers', do you believe > that this joke helps or hinders recruiting developers? You didn't ask for my opinion, but... I think it hardly matters. The tempest in a teapot and the insulting attitude towards another maintainer, namely Richard Stallman, is certain to push some people away. OTOH, in other groups, demeaning him seems to be quite popular, so it might also attract members of that group, but I really don't think we want more of those. -- Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/ You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member Free Software Evangelist|Red Hat Brasil GNU Toolchain Engineer