On-topicness

Up until today, I had never thought we had to stay on topic in Planet Debian. All those messages regarding Ian’s postings made me quite sour - and quite surprised. Scott, have you ever received a complaint regarding my Mexican political rantings? I doubt so. No, this is not a message against anyone… But, seriously, what could have made 80 people get pissed at Progeny’s stuff given we all share what we think as important in here? Isn’t Progeny important for many DDs? And even if it wasn’t, does it harm anybody to see it there?