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Can anyone "in the loop" provide some context as to what this is all about? It seems to be related to the systemd situation, but I don't really follow Debian/L

• JoshTriplett 12y ago
  This is the IRC channel used by the Debian Technical Committee for meetings. The mappings between IRC nicks and names appear near the top of the log. In particular, "Diziet" is Ian Jackson, who has been the primary instigator of most recent technical committee actions lately, most notably the ongoing init system debacle. (As well as the initiator of the current project-wide General Resolution.) See the top of https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/10/msg00431.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/10/msg00431.html for what prompted this. The comments in that mail came up in a more recent thread, in which someone suggested to assume good faith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith). In response (https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/11/msg00111.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/11/msg00111.html), someone provided this link, saying "I have a hard time assuming good faith from people who are at war." In particular, see 17:34:28, 17:34:32, 17:35:34, and 17:37:17 for "highlights". Direct link: http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-ctte/2014/debian-ctte.2014-10-30-17.00.log.html#l-222 http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-ctte/2014/debian-ctte.2014-... . (In hindsight, I should have linked to that anchor specifically.)