alt Hacker News> and after over a year of debate
There was no "year of debate".
You came to the mailing list and announced it for the first time as a finalized decision already,
without any prior debate with the original team.
The "board" you cited as the body which allegedly discussed it did neither join the mailing list discussion,
nor were you willing to hand out their contact info.
It's all public for anyone to see on the mailing list archive:
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There was no public debate, but he did start to talk to devs 18 months before, and the devs told him quite clearly that they strongly object to repurposing the name.
And that repurposing the name would cause lots of damage.
> There was no "year of debate".
Incorrect, I raised the issue with the lead maintainer over a year prior to that announcement.
> You came to the mailing list and declared it as a finalized decision.
As the project's architect I'm entitled to make decisions about the project's future direction.
> It's all public for anyone to see on the mailing list archive:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg5526...
I stand by every word I said in that mailing list thread.
A correction, based on the text as written:
they were saying they debated with themselves,
before making the decision.
WTF. These are some of the first things I clicked through on that page:
- https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg5534...
- https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg5534...
Gee, I can't imagine how that mailing list could ever be toxic.