Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-18 Thread Ondřej Surý
I think all have been said, so I will just join this with +1. Cheers, Ondrej On Sun, Nov 9, 2014, at 02:08, Russ Allbery wrote: > zlatan writes: > > > In advance sorry for all spelling mistake that I will write as I am > > writing from my phone and I am not a native English speaker. > > [...]

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-18 Thread Torsten Landschoff
Hi Joey, Am 2014-11-07 22:04, schrieb Joey Hess: It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish everyone well, but I'm out. Shocking. Thanks for all the great stuff you did and do, from a Debian user and de

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-12 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Friday 07 November 2014 17:04:10 Joey Hess wrote: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. I'm very sorry to read this. We'll miss you. All the best -- https://githu

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-10 Thread Amaya
Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > So you still could (and perhaps should[0]) reconsider not to leave > Debian. > Guess you've read the lists and saw how many people were emotionally > hit and upset about this. Joey, I beg you too. Please reconsider. Still, if it's not fun anymore by all means run

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-10 Thread Anthony Towns
Hey Joey, On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 06:12:13PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Please take that message with a pound of salt. I was upset when I wrote > it, it's probably not accurate, and I've left[1] for reasons that are > much more broadly structural, and are certianly not the fault of the > technical

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Faidon, On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 11:46:57AM +0200, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > > Extremely sad to read this, Joey. +1 I personally feel like loosing a friend. If I imagine myself to leave Debian I would leave a major part of my life and I guess its similar for Joey and that the decision was ha

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sun, 2014-11-09 at 22:38 +0100, Simon Richter wrote: > I can completely understand why we (and that includes me) want systemd > as a default: it gives the best possible integration of desktop > components possible. I even think it's best on a server (that means, if it was used as it could be)..

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-09 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Joey Hess wrote: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. see shy jo :( Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@list

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sun, 2014-11-09 at 18:12 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > I've left[1] + >Almost. So you still could (and perhaps should[0]) reconsider not to leave Debian. Guess you've read the lists and saw how many people were emotionally hit and upset about this. (well I think it's worth a try ^^) Cheers, Ch

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Gilbert wrote: > How can you possibly think no more need said? You are one of four > complicit in the act that finally pushed Joey over the edge [0]. > > [0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2014/11/msg00045.html Please take that message with a pound of salt. I was upset when I wrote

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Игорь Пашев
2014-11-10 0:38 GMT+03:00 Simon Richter : > automake With autotools one can always use plain shell code in configure.ac and plain make in Makefile.am ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Simon Richter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 09.11.2014 04:57, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > In the end it's quite easy: sysvinit has many deficiencies ans > missing feature, systemd is superior in all places. - From your perspective. I can completely understand why we (and that in

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On 2014-11-09 18:19, Adam Borowski wrote: And since changing the init system on existing installations is an important _technical_ problem, it is in scope for the CTTE. Where does the constitution make "important technical problems" in scope for the tech committee? (Not being awkward, but th

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 12:54:39PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Ralf Jung wrote: > > I read Joey's message over and over without getting any more clues. He > > said the CTTE has "Decided it should make a decision", which it seems to > > me it did not. So I probab

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Ralf Jung wrote: > I read Joey's message over and over without getting any more clues. He > said the CTTE has "Decided it should make a decision", which it seems to > me it did not. So I probably misunderstood something more fundamental here. Read all of #762194 ve

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Ralf Jung
Hi, On 09/11/14 07:28, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: >> On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 23:30 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: >>> No accusation, just a statement of fact. Four ctte members were >>> complicit in the vote [0] >> >> Well maybe I read t

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 08 novembre 2014 à 23:30 -0500, Michael Gilbert a écrit : > No, the fire is not systemd, it is the politicization of the project > via ctte and GR rather than patient evolution of the best technical > solution. You are definitely right. However, I think we would all appreciate if you co

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/08/2014 at 10:57 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > In the end it's quite easy: sysvinit has many deficiencies ans > missing feature, systemd is superior in all places. On 11/09/2014 at 12:01 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > All of these systems were capable of booting a Linux,...

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-09 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Sad news. I wish you all the best for your future endeavours. I hope to cross paths with you from time to time (maybe I should tidy up my half finished ikiwiki patches!) The coincidental timing of Colin leaving the tech-ctte did make me wonder how different things would be if we could have coerced

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 23:30 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> No accusation, just a statement of fact. Four ctte members were >> complicit in the vote [0] > > Well maybe I read that ruling wrong, but didn't it more or less say > "we

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-08 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 23:30 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > No accusation, just a statement of fact. Four ctte members were > complicit in the vote [0] Well maybe I read that ruling wrong, but didn't it more or less say "we're not deciding anything right now"? And even if that decision would be

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 22:32 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> You are one of four >> complicit in the act that finally pushed Joey over the edge [0]. > > Don't you think it goes a bit far to personally accusing some people of > this?

Re: Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-08 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 22:32 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > You are one of four > complicit in the act that finally pushed Joey over the edge [0]. Don't you think it goes a bit far to personally accusing some people of this? I guess Joey was long enough in the business to have known how to deal wi

Please more fish (was: so long and thanks for all the fish)

2014-11-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > zlatan writes: > >> In advance sorry for all spelling mistake that I will write as I am >> writing from my phone and I am not a native English speaker. > > [...] > > And yet, I don't see how it could have been said better. Thank you so > much f

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Russ Allbery
zlatan writes: > In advance sorry for all spelling mistake that I will write as I am > writing from my phone and I am not a native English speaker. [...] And yet, I don't see how it could have been said better. Thank you so much for putting this into words. > I just want the warm community fe

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Joey Hess dijo [Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 05:04:10PM -0400]: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. How can the Master Fisherman thank us for all the fish? Yes, pulling the f

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Florian Lohoff
Hi, On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 05:04:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. I share your feelings. Back in those days you and Joey were the rea

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Sat, 08 Nov 2014, Michael Hanke wrote: > If I have one regret from my 18 years in Debian, it's that when the > Debian constitution was originally proposed, despite seeing it as > dubious, I neglected to speak out against it. It's clear to me > now that it's a toxic document,

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 10:19:02 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > Joey, > > Am Freitag, 7. November 2014, 17:04:10 schrieb Joey Hess: > > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > > everyone well, b

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread David L. Craig
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2014, Joey Hess wrote: > > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > > everyone well, but I'm out. So long, and thanks for all the damn hard work and working code. May you live long, prosper, and continue to inspire others to greatness. -- May the LOR

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Michael Hanke
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Joey Hess wrote: > If I have one regret from my 18 years in Debian, it's that when the > Debian constitution was originally proposed, despite seeing it as > dubious, I neglected to speak out against it. It's clear to me > now that it's a toxic document, that has s

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Roman Czyborra
2014-11-08[Sat]11:38 Roman Czyborra read that 2014-11-08[Sat]10:46 Faidon Liambotis wrote <545de691.2090...@debian.org>: Extremely sad to read this, Joey. The few times we've crossed paths, I've enjoyed working with you (and on your ideas) incredibly. And of course I am -as we are all- enjoying

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Faidon Liambotis
On 11/07/14 23:04, Joey Hess wrote: It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish everyone well, but I'm out. Extremely sad to read this, Joey. The few times we've crossed paths, I've enjoyed working with yo

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Joey Hess (2014-11-07 22:04:10) > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. :-( I am very sad that you leave. But also curious where you will go from here - many

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fri, 07 Nov 2014, Joey Hess wrote: > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. So long, and thanks for all the fish. We will miss you. Norbert P

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Joey, Am Freitag, 7. November 2014, 17:04:10 schrieb Joey Hess: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. I am sad from reading this. I do not know you as a person, except

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Samuel Thibault
Ew. I've always thought you have been providing Debian with very sensible thoughts and guiding. Your wisdom will be missed. Wishing you the best. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 17:04 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > but I'm out. Wow what saddening news :-( It's really a pity to good ones leaving... hope you'd reconsider your decision and come back after some break perhaps! If not, all the best and thanks. Cheers, Chris. smime.p7s Description: S/M

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Ben Finney
Joey Hess writes: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. Thank you. You've been a model Debian member to many of us, and I will miss your inspiration and clear-headedne

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread zlatan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 In advance sorry for all spelling mistake that I will write as I am writing from my phone and I am not a native English speaker. I am emotionally crushed by this. You are one of two DD's I interviewed for our LUG in Banja Luka, shortly after conf

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi Joey, among all the Debian developers you have been one of the most inspiring to me. I hope that you will keep your blog syndicated on planet.debian.org ! Cheers, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Josh Triplett
Joey Hess wrote: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. (Insert record-scratch sound-effect and sounds of brain rebooting here.) Thank you deeply for your work. It sadd

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Philip Hands
Joey Hess writes: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. I'm gutted. > If I have one regret from my 18 years in Debian, it's that when the > Debian constitution was or

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 05:04:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. > > Note that this also constitutes an orphaning as upstream of > debhel

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 07, Joey Hess wrote: > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. Well, this sucks. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Bjoern Meier
Hi, 2014-11-07 22:04 GMT+01:00 Joey Hess : > It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I > originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish > everyone well, but I'm out. > > Note that this also constitutes an orphaning as upstream of > debhelper, alien, dpkg

so long and thanks for all the fish

2014-11-07 Thread Joey Hess
It's become abundantly clear that this is no longer the project I originally joined in 1996. We've made some good things, and I wish everyone well, but I'm out. Note that this also constitutes an orphaning as upstream of debhelper, alien, dpkg-repack, and debmirror. I will be making final orphani

Re: so long, and thanks for all the fish

2013-04-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 01:55:24AM +0100, Aneurin Price wrote: > On 4 April 2013 18:28, wrote: > > > There is apparently no mode of argument, or "style of > > communications", which is capable of penetrating the Debian > > bureaucracy. It is impervious, even to patches which have been > > previou

Re: so long, and thanks for all the fish

2013-04-05 Thread Aneurin Price
On 4 April 2013 18:28, wrote: > There is apparently no mode of argument, or "style of > communications", which is capable of penetrating the Debian > bureaucracy. It is impervious, even to patches which have been > previously solicited. Silly me, for taking that seriously. > You need to remember

Re: so long, and thanks for all the fish

2013-04-04 Thread ian_bruce
On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:45:26 -0300 Ben Armstrong wrote: > the long and sordid tale of your bid to get attention for this bug That's right; I wrote it up in detail, provided patches when asked to do so, provided test scripts to demonstrate the correctness of those patches, answered every question

Re: so long, and thanks for all the fish

2013-04-04 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 04/04/13 02:28 PM, ian_br...@fastmail.net wrote: > On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:55 -0300 > Ben Armstrong wrote: > >> Just take care in future that the style of communications you used >> triggered someone's "wetware spam filter" with a false positive. > > I initially wrote up a detailed bug repo

so long, and thanks for all the fish

2013-04-04 Thread ian_bruce
On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:55 -0300 Ben Armstrong wrote: > Just take care in future that the style of communications you used > triggered someone's "wetware spam filter" with a false positive. I initially wrote up a detailed bug report, and then when somebody suggested that the problem would get