On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Xyne <[email protected]> wrote: > Ionut Biru wrote: > >> why are you so sure that I'll sign it? > > I no longer am, but until you replied I never had any reason to doubt it. > > > As for the discussion about my name: > > As stated, there could be many reasons. Perhaps I do not wish to be found by > someone for whatever reason. Perhaps my name appears in publications and I do > not wish to have people who read them contact me here. Perhaps I simply enjoy > anonymity for the sake of anonymity. > > I could easily claim a fake name to make you happy and you would never know > the > difference. The name means absolutely nothing. > > I have been an active member of this community for over 3 years and a TU for > about 2.5. I have made numerous contributions during that time. I have had > ample opportunity to be malicious had I so chosen (e.g. when > powerpill/bauerbill were way up on the package stats). > > You know me through my deeds here. They mean much more than some random name. > > Also, consider this. I am much more civil to people behind an anonymous > identity than people like Angel are behind their (presumably) real names. That > in itself should say something about my character. > > As I said to keenerd in a private email, if this is really an issue for some > of > you then start a discussion and call a vote to remove me as a TU. Even if the > vote passes I may resign if I see many that would like me gone, so you win. > > For what it's worth, I really do like this community and I hope to continue to > contribute to it. This has never been an issue before and the only reason it > might be an issue now is because some people confuse trivial knowledge with > intimacy and trust. Trust should be built on deeds and experience, not how > many > blanks you can fill in on a piece of paper. >
Even if it's more plesant to talk to people who don't hide their identities, I agree with Xyne and Thomas. The relationships we build together by sharing, packaging, hacking is a higher level of trust that a real identity or a 5 minutes meeting in a café. I'm wondering, reading this thread, why packages signing, which is a wonderful technical way to be sure that someone who claims doing a package is really him, become, a way to ask to developer or tu to prove their _real_ identities. Cheers, -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net
