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From: "Bryan Østergaard" <kloeri@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Resignation
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:00:56
Message-Id: 20070417125524.GE10368@woodpecker.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Resignation by Steve Long
1 On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:34:02PM +0100, Steve Long wrote:
2 >
3 > > I'm pretty sure it will be actually no loss for Gentoo, since those
4 > > folks that contributed to my retirement far outweigh the benefit I
5 > > could ever possibly be to this project. This can be clearly evidenced
6 > > by their long-lasting good record as in [1] and [2] and [3]. In
7 > > devrel's own words, one needs to "respect the wishes of maintainers".
8 > >
9 > Man first you devs think it's your god-given right to behave nastily to any
10 > usr, then you get all sensitive about Jakub on bugzilla. That is lame, imo.
11 > Maybe there should be something about requiring a thick skin to be a dev,
12 > since you so clearly require it of usrs.
13 >
14 On the contrary we warn people about not behaving badly and if that
15 doesn't help despite many warnings and complaints being filed we finally
16 take to firmer action which is exactly what have happened in this case.
17 > >
18 > So who watches the watchmen? IOW who does one take a complaint about devrel
19 > to, and will there be any action?
20 Complaints about devrel actions should be sent to the Gentoo Council as
21 I've said several times before regarding this and other devrel
22 decisions.
23
24 Regards,
25 Bryan Østergaard
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Resignation Steev Klimaszewski <steev@g.o>