Re: Suggested experimental test

[tomas@tuxteam.de]

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On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 07:04:00PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:13:17 +0100
> > From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > 
> > It's more the intensity of bad feelings on (mostly) both
> > sides [...]

> I see no problem with intense feelings, as long as they are expressed
> in a civilized and polite form.

We are on one page here, I think.

>                      And AFAICT, they generally are in
> this thread.  (The rest of what you wrote above is stuff no one
> actually said, it looks like your interpretation of the social
> dynamics here.  Which is fine, but it's your interpretation, not
> necessarily what really goes on.  And even if it does, I wouldn't
> start discussing these aspects, they are only tangentially relevant,
> and moreover, we cannot really do anything about them.)

Point taken. You think I went a bit overboard. If that is the case,
I apologise. Should I've hurt somebody's feelings, doubly so.

> Thus, Lars's comment should have been enough to respond to a remark
> that could have bordered on an insult (although I'm quite sure that
> was never the intent).

I'm sure of the latter, too. As for the first... yes, perhaps too
eager on my part.

[...]

> We do, but don't expect that to be 110% bulletproof, as even the most
> innocent jokes and wording nuances are known to offend someone,
> somewhere.  The only way never to risk offense is to keep silent.

Of course. Especially on mailing lists, which cross big physical
and cultural distances while providing little secondary communication
channels.

Thanks for your patience :-)

Cheers
-- tomás

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