Re: Criticisms of my "tone" (was Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes)

[Mark H Weaver]

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> writes:
>
>> Am Samstag, den 01.05.2021, 19:02 +0200 schrieb Giovanni Biscuolo:
>>> If you want you can consider Mark used an /harsh/ tone but this is a
>>> personal feeling, something one /could/ read "between the lines" even
>>> if actually in a written communication I find it hard to read between
>>> the lines, it is not something factual.  Maybe Mark intended to be
>>> harsh, maybe not: who knows?  Is /this/ (finding he was harsh)
>>> important?
>> It is definitely of some importance.
>
> I agree that it's of some importance, but it's also a fundamentally hard
> thing to do.

Sorry, what I meant to write above was "it's also fundamentally hard to
anticipate the 'tone' that others will attribute to my writing."

> I'm genuinely surprised by some of the claims being made
> about my messages, especially the claim that I assumed "bad faith".  I
> didn't say anything to imply that, I didn't think it, and I still don't.
>
> Thanks for discussing this, Leo.  I appreciate your feedback, even where
> we disagree.

      Regards,
        Mark

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