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Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
Cc: rms at gnu dot org, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 23:54:52 -0700
Subject: Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
References: <orin883lcl.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org> <E1fDLZU-00076y-KO@fencepost.gnu.org> <CAKCAbMjJtOUKXAmQBz=ZF4Gy_4KLsg7dG00=365ZXP6uF06Lbw@mail.gmail.com> <E1fDiAj-000439-Jg@fencepost.gnu.org> <d9bc7b6b-bf98-f726-ae95-40cbaf687d08@redhat.com> <87wowkx6t0.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <or1ses33el.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org> <CAKCAbMiH=DbZps3rLzAyhK3s8j1nSTEPLB05cgOr4+Oaz9P5NA@mail.gmail.com> <orr2mqzqer.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org> <CAKCAbMio3CnyOEaMxx246H07rgN=nyBOmtQm8-0ghuqunQLEQg@mail.gmail.com>

Zack Weinberg wrote:

Part of why I have repeatedly refused to back my patch out is to
stand for the principle that the GNU Project Leader_shouldn't_  have
ex officio power to override a consensus decision of the active
maintainers of a specific piece of software.

RMS could un-appoint current maintainers, and appoint new maintainers who agreewith him on this particular issue. So the principle you're standing for differsfrom what could in principle occur. I doubt whether it'll come to that, though.

Follow-Ups:
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- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Carlos O'Donell

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  - From: Richard Stallman
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  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Richard Stallman
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Carlos O'Donell
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Alexandre Oliva
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Alexandre Oliva
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