On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Angel Velásquez <an...@archlinux.org> wrote: > Hi people, > > First of all, i'm writting this mail as an ex TU and user, not as a dev > who want to push you how to proceed or follow the bylaws. > > Having that set, I am shocked about how the bylaws are being just used > just for addition process, but for somehow are being ignored for stuff > like quorum and removal procedures, some TUs look to otherside when we > mention this subject. > > So, what's the point of having a Bylaw if you will not follow it?, why > don't modify it and remove that part that you don't want to be aware?, > being a TU is not about just delivering packages and orphaning / > splitting packages on the AUR, TUs must work as a group, and it used to > be like that when I was part of the team (I still feel part of the team > but seems that oficially I am not a TU, a corner case that is not well > documented on the Bylaws btw). > > So, according to that, I don't want to say names (i did said those names > on the irc channel when I found the quorum situation on the last SVP but > as I've said nobody react .. bad bad bad, guys.. dissapointing I must > say), but I still feel that TUs must do that, not a guy which is not > completely a TU -yes, me-. > > Please check the last SVP and check who didn't voted, and some TU call > the rest of the group for either following the Bylaws, or call for a > modification of these Bylaws and allow these cases. > > In my opinion, (now as a dev) we don't want to control what you do, > because we as a user and devs trust a group of people that have their > own defined rules, but if the TUs won't start following these rules, is > simply stupid to have these rules there. > > Please don't kill the messenger, this is nothing personal against anyone > or the group, I really appreciate most of the people who contribute to > the Arch Linux project and I am grateful as an user for that. > > Let this discussion begin. > > -- > Angel Velasquez > Arch Linux Developer > > angvp @ irc.freenode.net > http://www.angvp.com.ar >
This is a pet peeve of mine: if there are rules, they should be followed. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=163484