Re: [platform-testers] GNU MPFR 4.1.0 Release Candidate on various platforms

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 11:02 AM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> As the administrator of the platform-testers mailing list, I'd like to
> remind you to avoid offensive attacks on persons, as recommended in
> the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines
> <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html>.
>
> > They should read the manual themselves and get a Darwin award.
>
> I don't know if they read this mailing list, but if they do, such a
> statement is offending.
>
> I appreciate your many contributions on the mailing lists, and Vincent
> surely appreciates your MPFR testing, but let's not have the atmosphere
> of this mailing list deteriorate.
>
> Thanks.

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.

Jeff