On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Xyne <xyne@archlinux.ca> wrote:
Ionut Biru wrote:
why are you so sure that I'll sign it?
I no longer am, but until you replied I never had any reason to doubt it.
As for the discussion about my name:
As stated, there could be many reasons. Perhaps I do not wish to be found by someone for whatever reason. Perhaps my name appears in publications and I do not wish to have people who read them contact me here. Perhaps I simply enjoy anonymity for the sake of anonymity.
I could easily claim a fake name to make you happy and you would never know the difference. The name means absolutely nothing.
I have been an active member of this community for over 3 years and a TU for about 2.5. I have made numerous contributions during that time. I have had ample opportunity to be malicious had I so chosen (e.g. when powerpill/bauerbill were way up on the package stats).
You know me through my deeds here. They mean much more than some random name.
Also, consider this. I am much more civil to people behind an anonymous identity than people like Angel are behind their (presumably) real names. That in itself should say something about my character.
As I said to keenerd in a private email, if this is really an issue for some of you then start a discussion and call a vote to remove me as a TU. Even if the vote passes I may resign if I see many that would like me gone, so you win.
For what it's worth, I really do like this community and I hope to continue to contribute to it. This has never been an issue before and the only reason it might be an issue now is because some people confuse trivial knowledge with intimacy and trust. Trust should be built on deeds and experience, not how many blanks you can fill in on a piece of paper.
Even if it's more plesant to talk to people who don't hide their identities, I agree with Xyne and Thomas. The relationships we build together by sharing, packaging, hacking is a higher level of trust that a real identity or a 5 minutes meeting in a café. I'm wondering, reading this thread, why packages signing, which is a wonderful technical way to be sure that someone who claims doing a package is really him, become, a way to ask to developer or tu to prove their _real_ identities. Cheers, -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net