Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:25:31 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <20030204082531.GA36473@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030203163157.80901N-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <xzpbs1t6sm4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030203163157.80901N-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Hello, Robert Watson! On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 04:41:33PM -0500, you wrote: > > > [why was Matt Dillon's commit bit removed] > > > > Short version: there was a difference of opinions. > > I think there should be "short version", but that this is not quite it. > > The short of it is that Matt was unable to treat many of his fellow > developers with the civility and respect that they deserve. The FreeBSD I really don't care how and how much were hurt feeling of any FreeBSD developer by any offending actions of Matt, but I do care what he did and (hopefully) will do for FreeBSD project. In areas were most of you are not interested even if we (users) interested, Matt helped a lot. I repeat: I don't care for your personal feelings, I do care for what Matt really did. > Project attempts to foster a productive environment for development; sure, > as with any online community, it's going to have its share of > disagreements and occasional flames. It's hard to imagine any e-mail list > without occasional fiery and enthusiastic disagreement. However, there > are times when individuals may step beyond the scope of what is considered > reasonable, expected, or acceptable. Obviously, this is subject to > interpretation and debate, but I'd ask that those passing judgement on > this action take into account that this was given long and hard > consideration, and that it was not a decision taken lightly or without > regret. I can repeat another my statement: remove obrien@'s commit bit. With the same reason. I don't think that you will. -- NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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