Re: [platform-testers] kindness and shaming

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Jeffrey,

> Shame is a security control:
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/websec/GSR0quBHnKWdxJrPY_rqWQhUcDI/
> 
> If the authors of GMP do not like the shame, then they should fix
> their configure program.

Public shaming may be OK for a company, on which you want to exert market
pressure (e.g. Sony [1]).

But inside the GNU project, shaming is not adequate - neither of individuals,
nor of groups of people. There are better ways to bring up your concerns and
requests. Please don't use shaming on the mailing lists for which I am an
administrator.

Bruno

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal