Cyril Brulebois: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to offer my apologies for my tendency to be, or at least appear > to be, negative on the tails-dev XMPP channel when I'm preparing a new > Tails release. I tend to be easily frustrated when I cannot do anything > else than waiting for some cron job to get started, when some network > transfers seem to take way too long, and when I see delays getting > accumulated along the way, possibly derailing the target time schedule > (basically trying to be ready at 17:00 on Tuesdays). This list is not > exhaustive and that can happen for things that seem broken; which I > should just investigate and file a ticket for, instead of first > complaining about on a public channel… > > Besides the overall negativity that can be felt during such times, it's > been brought up to my attention it's not always clear to others what I'm > expecting during such times, which doesn't help restore a suitable mood. > I suppose it's basically either something that I (feel the need to) vent > about on the spot, or something that should be ending up in some ticket > or mail-based report once the release is over. I think I've done the > latter since my very first release, and I'll now focus on avoiding the > former when preparing the next releases. > > Thanks for your patience and for your tolerance so far. Feel free to > bring it up to my attention if I do that again in the future, so that I > try harder and/or differently to self-correct.
Very cool and brave that you wrote this! Kudos! I must admit that I noticed a single instance of this happening during some release you were RMing months ago. My (private) reaction was annoyance/hurt in the sense: "I know our stuff is far from perfect, but please don't shit on our work", but it was rather quickly dissipated: I just had to remind myself of all the painful releases you'd had, and empathy was fully restored and I moved on without thinking "less" of you. However, I blame myself for not jumping in and helping you vent more constructively, which I definitely was in a position to and must have understood that you needed. I've been there myself, deep in the release process frustration, and I am certain I've puked hate over our stuff in front of others too. I hereby pledge to join you in being more careful how I vent on our communication channels! Thanks! ♥ _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
