Re: Using postgresql.org account as an auth id on third party websites

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
To: Álvaro Hernández <aht(at)ongres(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL WWW <pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Using postgresql.org account as an auth id on third party websites
Date: 2019-09-24 06:53:09
Message-ID: d7f4508f-7662-f686-d701-37d6382a48bf@kaltenbrunner.cc
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On 9/23/19 6:09 PM, Álvaro Hernández wrote:
>
>
> On 23/9/19 9:28, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>> On 9/23/19 2:20 PM, Álvaro Hernández wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/9/19 10:26, Dave Page wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 10:45 PM Álvaro Hernández <aht(at)ongres(dot)com
>>>> <mailto:aht(at)ongres(dot)com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On 21/9/19 12:32, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>>>>     > On 9/20/19 3:14 AM, Álvaro Hernández wrote:
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >
>>>>     > [...]
>>>>     >
>>>>     >>> Oh, and as a general rule, "requesting" unpaid volunteers to
>>>>     do work
>>>>     >>> for you for free is in general not a great way to get them
>>>>     >>> enthusiastic about helping out.
>>>>     >>      Did I do so? I don't recall where or when I said that.
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>      Irrespective of this: what you say I read as:
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >> - Either volunteers, due to being unpaid, are not doing their
>>>> job
>>>>     >> correctly (completely);
>>>>     > tbh as one of those volunteers, I kinda find it pretty
>>>>     irritating that
>>>>     > that the very first time somebody asks for community auth being
>>>>     opened
>>>>     > to non-pginfra managed sites an association of "us" not doing
>>>>     our job
>>>>     > correctly comes up just because that feature does not (and/or
>>>> is not
>>>>     > implemented in the way you want it) do like.
>>>>
>>>>          TBQH, I'm having a really hard time to understand how this
>>>>     conclusion could be derived from my words.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's exactly what I've inferred from your emails, and clearly I'm
>>>> not alone :-(
>>>
>>>      In between this sentence you are replying to, and the next one,
>>> there was this one which you removed from your response:
>>>
>>> "For the avoidance of doubt: Stefan, and any other pg-infra volunteer
>>> or anyone else how felt bad about my words: my deepest and most
>>> sincere apology. I never, under any circumstance, intended to do any
>>> negative statement about the job done or the team itself. I have a
>>> great deal of respect to any kind of volunteering in general, let
>>> alone for the one on helping on the technology that I love. I have
>>> volunteered tons of work on Postgres myself, and I cannot otherwise
>>> that feel in the same page. pg-infra: I know the work that you do and
>>> have done, and I really appreciate it, specially given how small team
>>> you are."
>>>
>>>      The fact that you are still replying to the above sentence with
>>> the paragraph that follows removed, means that either:
>>>
>>> * you didn't read it (in which case, please do);
>>
>> have you ever considered that dave just wanted to express that he had
>> similiar feelings to what I had - simply claiming he didn't read your
>> apology seems like a weird interpretation...
>
>     Have you ever considered accepting, or even thanking, my apologies?
>
>     Or at least, tell me if they are not enough for you.

The appology is for sure enough and I do accept it - thanks for saying that!

regards

Stefan

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