In the last week or so I have sent two mails to Debian contributors saying to them that I felt their message was rude or otherwise had inappropriate elements.
Normally when I do this I get a reply saying "sorry, that's not what I meant" or "you are right and I was angry, I have written to XYZ to clarify/apologise" or some such. (Indeed as someone who sometimes finds it difficult to maintain an even keel about things I feel strongly about, I have received such messages myself and generally tried to use them to become a better person etc.) However, in the last two cases I the contributors I complained to have said they disagree. I won't quote their words. How serious does an issue have to be, or how persistent the misbehaviour, before I should forward the question to someone ? Personally I don't often get the impression that listmaster@ welcome complaints about what might be seen as mild misbehaviour. And if I see someone being rude directly to another contributor, but CC'd to the public, it feels odd to be reporting that to the antiharassment team. Do I need to have standing ? Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.