On Sun, 20 Sep 2026, Hugo Buddelmeijer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/20/26 21:08, Olivier Dion wrote: >> On Sun, 20 Sep 2026, Hugo Buddelmeijer via "Development of GNU Guix and the >> GNU System distribution." <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 9/20/26 16:56, Olivier Dion wrote: >> [...] >>> such platitudes only make the discussion go in circles. >> >> I did not read the entire GCD-008 thread and I just wanted to point out >> something. Thanks for clarifying things for me. However, that last >> comment of your was not necessary. > > Oh you are right; apparently the word 'platitude' does not mean what I > thought. I intended it as 'an extreme simplification', which it can > kinda mean in Dutch. I definitely meant it to refer to the sentence > only, not to you. It seems the word can also be used for rude > implications about the speaker, especially in English and French. > Sorry about that, I'll be more careful.
No worries. Happy mistakes happen. Thanks you for the clarification, I feel better after reading this :-) Thanks, Olivier -- Olivier Dion
