On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 11:41:30AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > After reading about various issues that arise in Debian on a social level, I > > thought about a possible solution: a Developer BTS. This would be modeled > > upon > > a mixture of the packages bts and Ebay seller comments. > For what ever reason I thought it was a good idea at the time, it > appears folks think its totally evil. I never thought of ebay sellers > comments as evil. But in any case, I shall not purse any future ideas on > this path.
It's not actually too evil, but it's sufficiently bad to be avoided. The difference between such a semi-automatic bug tracking system and a committee processing of a problem is that the latter won't really be susceptible to hit'n'run abuse, semi-random insults and whatever subjective nonsense could reasonably be expected to plague a more automated system. This is no different for a technical committee than it is for a social committee - a complaint lodged before the entity will have to come with context, be discussed rationally and at considerable length, and a decision made about it, closing the issue. In the hypothetical situation where someone gets google'd years after a problem, it's not really different whether the problem was a technical or a social matter, because it would still not be some random bashing. Whereas if it was a page with gobs of assorted and potentially unsubstantiated accusations, that wouldn't really be good to have. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]