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On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote: |
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> Can people be entirely banned from Gentoo? |
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no |
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> - What would such a ban include? Some ideas -- the person could not: |
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> - Post to any gentoo mailing list; |
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technically feasible |
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> - Post to gentoo bugzilla; |
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technically feasible |
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> - Participate in #gentoo- IRC channels; |
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technically infeasible. Also a hard sell; traditionally gentoo-* |
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channels that are not #gentoo-dev and #gentoo are owned and operated |
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by gentoo subprojects with the permission of the gentoo reps. |
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Enforcing a ban in all channels would be difficult. |
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> - Contribute to gentoo (hence my corner case of a security fix) except |
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> perhaps through a proxy; |
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nothing stops them from contributing to the community; it is not as if |
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Gentoo controls all outlets anyway. |
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> - Why would we do it? |
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To prevent gentoo from being messed with by people who have routinely |
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proven that they are unfit to assist the distribution. |
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> - Under whose authority would it happen? |
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Userrel. |
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> - Would it be reversible? What conditions would cause this? |
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I assume the person would ask to return or have someone vouch for them. |
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> Since the banned person couldn't participate in Gentoo, we'd never |
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> know whether anything changed. |
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I would think that if the person wanted to come back they would: |
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Make an effort to contact Gentoo; It is not as if developers would |
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not talk to this individual. |
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Gentoo itself would take this person back provisionally to ensure |
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things were different. This is |
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a case by case deal and I think is difficult to pin down. |
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> - How would one appeal this? Would there be a chance to respond before |
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> the ban? |
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Since the ban would require some amount of history I don't see any |
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particular reason not to solicit feedback from said person. |
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> - Would moderating the gentoo-dev mailing list obsolete this concept? |
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If moderating gentoo-dev obsoletes this concept then I think the |
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concept itself is flawed (gentoo is more than gentoo-dev) |
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> -- |
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> Thanks, |
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> Donnie |
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> Donnie Berkholz |
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> Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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> Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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