On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM David <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 17:56, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 13:02, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > debian-mentors is a useless list. No mentoring goes on there. The > >> > traffic seems to be bug reports. It should be called the debian-bts > >> > list or similar. > > >> This is wrong and should be ignored, for many reasons as explained by > >> The Wanderer. > > Hi Jeff, > > When I woke up this morning, before reading email, it occurred to me that > my wording above was inadequate, and I regret that, so I want to apologise > to you, and to better express myself on this point. > > The thing that I want to correct is the word "ignored". > > I chose that word while attempting to express my opinion to Faith (OP) that > they should not take as truth your assertion that "debian-mentors is > a useless list". So I chose the word "ignored" from that perspective. > > But I forgot to think about how that would read from your perspective. > > I most definitely do not think that anyone who feels that they had a bad > experience should be "ignored". The only way to correct problems is to > hear about them. I'm pleased that you spoke up, and I hope that some useful > discussion will follow from that. > > Again, I'm sorry I appeared to write that you should be "ignored", because > that's incorrect, and hurtful, and that was not my intention at all. No need to apologize. I have thick skin. Jeff
