Re: Proposal for an Emacs User Survey

[Thibaut Verron]

Le ven. 16 oct. 2020 à 18:50, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> a écrit :
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>    > Asking to for non-free software to be removed is a laudable thing to
>    > do and it is something I hope more people will do, but it is not
>    > telling someone what they should or shouldn't do.
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>    Would you mind clarifying the difference between the two?
>
> Could you please get me a cup of tea?
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> I want a cup of tea, get me one.
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> Is there anyone who wants to implement frobnitz in Emacs?
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> You must implement frobnitz in Emacs otherwise we will start using vi.

So the difference is to say "please" and be polite when we ask them to
remove some packages?

What if they say no? Does it change our opinion of them?

> >    As it is, your message reads like doublethink to me.
> That is unfriendly to say the least.

I regret my choice of words, my intention was not to be offensive.