[gentoo-dev] Re: communication policies (was [gentoo-server] backups/mirroring with rsync)

[Anthony Gorecki]

On Sunday 31 October 2004 9:57 pm, Anthony Gorecki wrote:
> In addition (now that I'm once again reminded of the problem), having
> noticed that I've been unable to discuss development issues in #gentoo-dev
> over the past two months, for obvious reasons, --snip--

On Sunday 31 October 2004 11:17 pm, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> gentoo-dev@g.o is always available. If it's a portage(the app)-specific
> issue, there's also gentoo-portage-dev@g.o.

I believe you missed the point of my message (intentionally); if the forums 
and development mailing lists are open to non-developers and are suitably 
moderated for inappropriate posts, it doesn't seem entirely sensible (or 
logical) to me that the development chat room is publically muted.


<Tired-explanations>
Looking at a few possibilities:
If an individual was spamming a developer through the forums, chat rooms or 
email, they would be ignored, ignored or blocked, respectively.

If an individual was spamming a large number of people through the forums, 
mailing lists or chat rooms, they would be banned or muted (or both).

If an individual was participating in off-topic discussion in the forums, 
mailing lists or chat rooms, they could be asked to take their conversation 
to a more appropriate location. 

If an individual was contributing positively, they would normally be welcome 
to continue doing so.


Please feel free to correct me if you see a difference between the forums, 
mailing lists and chat rooms in terms of positive and negative actions, and 
the corresponding reactions or inactions. 

In the majority of cases, I doubt there would be any reasonable difference 
between the different settings of communication: I would like to propose that 
we open this up for discussion, as I believe that the current system would 
benefit from the change.
</Tired-explanations>


-- 
Anthony Gorecki
Ectro-Linux Foundation