Donald Robertson posted here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-02/msg00044.html
and said: > This mailing list is for discussing the Free Software Directory and > work that needs to be done on it. It is not a general mailing list > for discussing any matters related to free software. I presume that you wouldn't intend to censor the discussion unilaterally, so would you suggest an FSF list to move the discussion to? The catalog is quite large with a lot of descriptions missing: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/ Since posting to the directory list is currently broken, for the moment I've copied to [email protected] and [email protected] (as the gnuradio project is denying availability to gnu wget users). Regarding GNU Radio problems, you previously said: "GNU project packages all have means for fixing any particular issue that might exist in the project, and we should go through those processes to correct any problem should it exist." When asked what the process is: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-01/msg00089.html you did not answer. I'd like to know if there actually is a genuine willingness to have these problems addressed. Can you please clarify? > We briefly delved into some topics on in relation to our discussion > of anti-features, but we've tabled that discussion. There are other > places that are more appropriate for that conversation, so let's > everyone please stop filling this list with these unrelated matters. You say the discussion is tabled (thus postponed), then you say this is not the right venue to discuss anti-features. I find this contradictory b/c if it's considered out of scope, then why would it be revisited later? And more importantly, what is the proper venue for discussing anti-features? Regarding use of the phrase to "table" something-- IMO this expression should be avoided because the US uses this figure of speech to mean the opposite of how it's used in the rest of the world. See def. 2 and 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/table#Verb There was an embarrassing diplomacy incident between the US and UK, where the US and UK agreed to "table" a sensitive discussion before meeting with another nation. During the meeting the Brits (who believed the agreement was to put the discussion on the table) brought up the sensitive topic, which shocked the Americans who intended to suppress it. I know you used the US variation, but if the list gets swamped with Brits talking about anti-features, you'll know why. BTW, Mixmaster has a deliberate delay, and I see that 2 of my messages did not post yet, so they may still arrive late. > There's a lot of interesting work that needs to be done in order to > make the Directory a truly great resource, so let's focus back on > the task at hand and move on. Thank you. That's fine with me as long as there's an actual place to have the anti-feature discussion (which IMO is the single most important information that will make the Directory a great resource). -- Please note this was sent anonymously, so the "From:" address will be unusable. List archives will be monitored.
