Re: [gentoo-project] Resignation

[Daniel Robbins]

Maybe I should have reflected more on the original post before replying
too. When I read the original post, it seemed to be a sincere resignation
email. Upon further reflection, I do feel that it was unprofessional to
call individuals out -- *even if* the account was 100% accurate (which it
appears there is some doubt about.)

If someone had a bad experience as a dev for Gentoo, then fine -- share
your experience in the hopes that things will improve. But don't name
names. That isn't professional. If you didn't have a good experience, yes,
that's legitimate feedback.It provides an opportunity to look at the
*project as a whole* and say 'how can we do things better' by improving
processes, etc. so that new devs have a better experience. That can be
shared without calling individuals out. It is not necessary or helpful to
defame people.

Mgorny was maligned in the post. That wasn't right, and for my part I
apologize for 'grabbing the bait' and accepting the original poster's
account at face value.

So, my new, amended response to the original poster: Ugh. I am sincerely
sorry you had a bad experience. Critical feedback is welcome. But let's not
defame people. Perpetuating hostility towards individuals, even if
perceived as being deserved, if anything just makes things worse and
undermines your points. And to solve any problems, the solution needs to be
geared towards finding ways to improve the project as a whole rather than
'punishing' individuals. So we need to get out of that mindset to move
forward. An eye for an eye leaves the world blind.

Sincerely,

-Daniel

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 8:00 PM, Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o>
wrote:

> On 17-12-16 00:34:03, Daniel Campbell wrote:
> >
> > mgorny again showed up; this time accusing me of being a "do-nothing
> > politician". Thankfully, I kept an activity log of everything I did for
> > the Foundation, and `git log --committer=zlg@g.o` will show you
> > everything I did in the tree. Yes, I made mistakes. Some of them rookie
> > ones. But given that I wasn't being paid for my work, and time spent
> > on Gentoo meant time I couldn't spend on other things (like personal
> > projects), I needed to make a value decision: was I willing to continue
> > donating labor to an organization that didn't notice my work unless
> > I screwed up? If I was truly as ineffectual as those who claimed it
> > (rich0), what was the point of continuing? The cricitism I received
> > during my time as a developer was demotivating and didn't acknowledge
> > any of the *correct* things I did; how exactly was I going to improve?
> >
>
> zlg has made comments about rich0 that he as been asked to verify.  As
> there has been no response to the request for more information, the
> Trustees are retracting the comment and wish to apologize to rich0 for
> the inconvenience.
>
> --
> Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)
> President, Gentoo Foundation
>