Level of discourse: how we can be more effective (and, systemd)

[Tom H]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> Dave, thank you for your thoughtful response. If every thread about systemd
> were at this level of civility, we wouldn't have a problem. But, clearly,
> that's not what happens. In fact, these threads continually and quickly
> devolve into personal attacks, name calling, and all manner of nastiness.
>
> This is harmful to Fedora. It makes this list a bad place to get help with
> real issues. It makes it a scary place for new users. It makes it a
> miserable place for active developers and contributors. It doesn't just
> increase the noise: over time, it reduces the signal.

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Even though you could be perceived as censoring criticism of an RH-led
project, I'm glad that you're intervening in this way. I unsubscribed
from debian-user@ a few weeks ago because of the anti-systemd hysteria
that's taken over that list.