Re: [gentoo-project] Should Council members be pillars of the community?

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2020, Michał Górny wrote:

> Here's another question for the nominees.

> Back when I was on the Council, there was a time that I've been
> approached that my behavior is not appropriate for a public Gentoo
> representative, even if the comments in question had nothing to do with
> the Council matters.

> Today, I would like to ask: do you think that Council members should
> lead the community by example?  Should their reputation be untainted,
> should they be able to withhold their anger even when they believe they
> have reasons enough to attack others?  Should they not participate
> in flames, unless only to extinguish them?

> Is it considered acceptable that a nominee for election calls other
> developers inhumane or delusional on the public mailing lists?  Is it
> good that he throws false accusations without verifying them?

> Is it fine that yet another nominee runs an election campaign focused
> on attacking other developers, and apparently trying to get votes
> by finding 'a common enemy'?

> Should such people become the public faces of Gentoo?  Or should they
> maybe be professional enough to withdraw their candidacy after
> discrediting themselves in the middle of election?

These sound like rhetorical questions to me. Can you tell us who they
are directed at, please? (I can guess, but I may be wrong.)

So, I am not going to answer.

Ulrich