Re: Moving telnet/telnetd from base to pkgsrc

[Marc Balmer <mhbalmer%gmail.com@localhost>]

Am 15.12.2018 um 23:15 schrieb Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-userlevel%mumble.net@localhost>:

>> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 22:54:05 +0100
>> From: Marc Balmer <mhbalmer%gmail.com@localhost>
>> 
>> Am 15.12.2018 um 22:52 schrieb Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-userlevel%mumble.net@localhost>:
>> 
>>>> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 22:43:14 +0100
>>>> From: Marc Balmer <mhbalmer%gmail.com@localhost>
>>>> 
>>>> To me it looks like one or two people don't like telnet and
>>>> have become very vocal and loud about removing it and did not invest
>>>> a lot of thought in to the cause.  Yes, I call them dummies....
>>> 
>>> This is not helpful whether you think the maintenance burden or danger
>>> to users is worth it or not.  Please apologize and in the future avoid
>>> this kind of counterproductive name-calling.
>> 
>> Apologize?  For what?
>> 
>> Name calling?  Whom did I name?
> 
> `Name-calling' is a idiom in English that means applying insulting
> words to people.  `Name-calling' does not necessarily entail naming
> specific persons, who in this case you implied by context.
> 
> I know English may not be your first language, so here's a couple of
> dictionary entries if you would like to read further:
> 
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/name-calling
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name-calling
> 
> If you want to argue semantics about how to describe how you're being
> insulting before you apologize, please take it off the list.

Just to make one thing clear.  I will not apologize.  I see no need for that.