Hi,

On 4/1/26 14:47, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 01/04/2026 à 14:13, Steve Litt a écrit :
>> Didier Kryn said on Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:52:21 +0200
>>
>>> Le 01/04/2026 à 05:24, Bruce Perens via Dng a écrit :
>>>> Rainer's rust diatribe doesn't really have a place on the list and
>>>> seems ignorance-based. Like he thinks Rust doesn't support shared
>>>> libraries. If he doesn't want to use the language, that is his right.
>>>> But this stuff belongs elsewhere.
>>> +1
>> -1
>>
>> This demand to take it off list is just what a lot of us put up with,
>> on the Debian User list in 2014, when we criticized systemd. Our views
>> were called diatribes, rants, whines and whinges.
>>
>> This is about the languages used to create the Linux kernel, so it's
>> perfectly on topic. Rainer didn't resort to personal insults. I should
>> know: I was the person he was debating with.
>>
>> And you know the saddest thing? Everybody, including me, too quickly
>> forgot the fact that the original subject of this thread was that
>> Rainer had created several tools useful in creating or enhancing an
>> init system, which is a wonderful thing. With Rainer's work, s6, runit,
>> Nitro, Dinit, and maybe even GNU Shepherd, the next time some fool
>> tries to make a weaponized init system claiming it's better than "the
>> current one", he won't be able to get away with it.
>>
>> So Rainer, I'll respond the way I should have responded in the first
>> place, by saying   T H A N K   Y O U !
>>
>     I don't call it diatribes, but it seems like a vain repetition of
> arguments.
>
>     When one has made his point, it is useless to repeat. I was very
> tempted to contribute to this dicussion but I refrained for this reason.


Rainer has been on the DNG mailing list since 2015 and has NEVER been
disrespectful to anyone.

Aitor.