Re: [gentoo-project] Require OpenPGP signatures from existing devs on new developer applications?

[Matthew Thode]

On 01/05/2017 01:13 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> On Thursday, January 5, 2017 1:47:04 PM EST Yury German wrote:
>> Can we please take the off topic discussion to somewhere else. This thread
>> was very specific about GPG.
>
> If you read my post, it was about GPG signing at LWE. Which I said if Gentoo
> had its own conference we could be doing that then. It is on topic, short of 1
> or 2 posts there after. With the first "off topic" non-gpg coming from a
> council member.
>
> Your post is also off topic, and something that could be sent to individuals
> rather than on list adding to the noise. If I am going to request something of
> someone, I will do it privately vs publicly. It just adds to noise....
>
> Also limiting the scope of discussion to just the thread topic, also means
> limiting creative thought. Many threads can start discussions in other areas
> people are not thinking about or actively discussing.
>
> Like if this thread leads to another on organizing a global Gentoo Event and
> conference. That thread may never exist, if mentioning GPG signing at past
> events, etc did not come up.
>
>> If you want to turn it in to an off topic
>> discussion (as usual) please start another thread that people can ignore.
>
> People should refrain from personal insults with such comments. Saying "as
> usual" is a insult. Implying that one routinely takes things off topic, is
> hardly a compliment.
>
> Insults are a direct violation of the Gentoo CoC.
>

nonetheless branching or bringing up a new topic (or tangentially
related topic) would still be better served in a new topic with a
reference to the 'parent' topic.  I think bringing up topics and not
branching properly actually harms the original conversation.  I know
that I want to abandon stuff once the sprawl gets too big just because
it's hard to track what people are actually talking about.

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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)