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Ned Ludd wrote: [Mon Apr 03 2006, 09:40:54PM EDT] |
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> Umm ok. I've decided that root is root no matter how you look at it |
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> and it's not worth getting into a vertical pissing contest over. |
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Having root doesn't equal having authority. One of the issues right |
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now is whether Infra has assumed authority on the basis of power. If |
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they didn't have root, wouldn't their decision to grant themselves |
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authority look rather silly? |
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A contrast between Infra and the Council is that the former is a team |
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that has chosen itself (like any other team in Gentoo), the latter is |
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elected. The Council has been granted authority by the Foundation |
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members. Infra has power by virtue of being entrusted with the keys |
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to the Gentoo infrastructure, paradoxically it has no authority beyond |
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the decisions that fall in its domain, those necessary to the daily |
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running of the Gentoo infrastructure. |
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Suspending a Ciaran's access falls on the line. IMHO it was an |
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overstep, an abuse of power, but an understandable mistake. |
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I disagree with Infra's refusal to restore Ciaran's access when it was |
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first requested by Ferris. I know Devrel and Infra have now reached |
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an agreement, but frankly I think the situation still stinks, because |
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it's skirting the agreed-upon Devrel process by suspending Ciaran |
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before the conclusion of the trial. |
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Your statement essentially says that power and authority are the same |
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thing, and there's no point quibbling over it. I don't buy it. |
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Aron |
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