Looking forward to 2007 [LWN.net]

Looking forward to 2007

Posted Jan 4, 2007 18:59 UTC (Thu) by yoe (subscriber, #25743)
In reply to: Looking forward to 2007 by yoe
Parent article: Looking forward to 2007

It's been pointed out to me that this wasn't actually a news item; rather, it was a prediction. In that light, I was mistaken.

I originally read this as a sarcastic remark, somewhat like "hey, they never get there anyway, so why do they bother at all?" which, to this Debian Developer, would be insulting. As it is a prediction, however, the context is different, and thus shouldn't be seen as sarcastic.

I'll go fix my bugs now.

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Doug, he used... sarcasm

Posted Jan 5, 2007 11:11 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

I think it is a sarcastic remark, but I read it differently than you... something like: "it is without doubt an important issue, and a sensible solution should be sought; but the debian folks are so entrenched in their positions that I doubt they will ever reach consensus". See e.g. this article.

It is your choice to feel insulted by such a line, in whatever interpretation. I would selfishly prefer that you save your energies to fix bugs and keep making Debian the (IMHO) best distro in the world.