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I have no interest in this matter either way. I am just curious and facts can |
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always help reinforce ones point of view. |
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On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 5:10:36 PM EST Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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> As such, I do think his |
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> presence is damaging to Gentoo. (And please note that I initially |
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> encouraged him to join us, and, as lead of the Python team at the |
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> time, spent significant time ironing out issues that arose from his |
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> attempts at contribution.) |
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Were these issues technical in nature? Lacking Q/A or adherence to Gentoo |
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packaging policies, etc. Likely could support your statement with a link or |
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two to reverted commits, fixes, bugs, etc. |
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> I respectfully but strongly disagree. Some people that are willing and |
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> able to help can in the end turn out to be negative contributors. It |
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> is imperative for our community that we can identify those people and |
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> minimize their impact on the distribution both socially and |
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> technically. |
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Again out of curiosity do you have any examples to share, like of negative |
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contributions. |
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I respect your opinion, given your past interactions helping to recruit. Some |
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links/facts can always help and make it less opinionated. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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