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On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:43:46 -0800 |
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Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote: |
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> I'm not going to mince words here: why did we kick out a contributor who |
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> was helping the Gentoo cause? I've looked over logs that were shared |
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> with me and the worst thing I could find was an off-color joke. Worse |
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> things occur on these mailing lists that never see Comrel's inbox, so |
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> why this? |
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> Ian's ban was recently lifted (or so I heard). Correspondence from a |
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> member of Proxy Maintainers was shared with me, calling for Ian to be |
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> banned from #gentoo-proxy-maint on Freenode, despite Ian not visiting |
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> said channel recently. What is the reasoning for this? |
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> What I'm looking for is undeniable proof that Ian was irrevocably |
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> damaging and threatening to Gentoo, to justify his dismissal and |
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> accompanying ban. If such information will not or cannot be provided, |
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> then it indicates to me that there *is* no proof, and without it I will |
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> call for his reinstatement for the next council meeting. |
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> I am not alone in requesting accountability from the top of Gentoo. I |
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> will take the results of this conversation into consideration when it's |
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> time to vote next year, as Gentoo is suffering from staffing issues and |
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> practices like this actively damage Gentoo's ability to attract and |
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> retain contributors. I have personally met people who have suffered as a |
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> result of this debacle; people willing and eager to help us out that are |
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> still struggling to join our ranks. So what gives? |
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> This distribution should not turn away anyone willing (and able) to |
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> help. This is a critical flaw that could accelerate our decline. |
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Considering the nature of comrel operation, I don't think a public |
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mailing list is an appropriate medium for this conversation. In fact, |
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I'm not even sure if you already haven't disclosed confidential |
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information. |
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However, in order to hopefully satisfy your curiosity, I'm going to |
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tell you something general: there are people who can do a lot of harm |
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to Gentoo without breaking any obvious rules. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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