> -----Original Message----- > From: Rodent of Unusual Size [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 December 2004 05:10 > To: community@apache.org > Subject: Re: [ANN] Avalon Closed > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > > On Tuesday 21 December 2004 07:41, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > >> Point? > > > > That "consensus by attrition" is a negatively loaded term, yet a natural > > occurring thing in all projects (people do leave healthy projects) which > is > > replenished with new blood (but in our case that is also turned into > > something bad). > > SO the point is; "Consensus by attrition" is FUD, and hard to argue > against, > > yet said enough many times, it has turned into "a fact". > > People leaving a project for J Random Reason is acceptable attrition. > > People leaving because they don't agree with the majority opinion is, too. > > A practice of asking people to leave, or trying to drive them away, > because they don't agree with you is not acceptable. > > Charges of the latter were levied, and as I recall were supported by the > email archives. If so (i.e., if I'm not misremembering), it's a factual > observation of behaviour, not FUD. I suspect Noel already has the > relevant source documents ready to hand if necessary.
OK - let's play this game but let's do it properly. Open up the Avalon PMC archives and let's really get down to real metal and in the process I think we will clean up more that a couple of popular misconceptions. In fact publishing this stuff would be in best interests of the foundation - unless of course somebody has something to hide, and surely, that's not the case, not here. Stephen. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]