On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:17:58 +1100 wraeth <wra...@wraeth.id.au> wrote:
> On 11/10/15 18:52, Ian Delaney wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:27:15 +0200 Alexis Ballier > > <aball...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > I am one of the users who spoke to idella4 about this, but I wanted to > repeat this publicly in order to highlight the point of view of > contributing user as opposed to a developer. > > Firstly I would like to say that I appreciate feedback on my work - it > helps me to improve the quality of my work both for Gentoo and > personally. > > I also agree whole-heartedly to the concept of the Reviewers project, > in that highlighting common improvements that could be made would > benefit both contributors who participate and Gentoo as a whole. > > Having said that, however, I do not appreciate the method in which > these criticisms were delivered, and believe it extends beyond the > idea of the Reviewers project. > > I feel that it is inappropriate for criticisms of contributor's work > to be broadcast on a mailing list that is read not only by the > developer community, but by users as well, without their consent. > This is not a case where I am particularly embarrassed or upset - if > others can learn from my mistakes, then they are mistakes I am happy > to make (preferably only once). But doing so publicly, with > identifying information, is inappropriate. > > Like I said, I welcome input that would improve my contributions, but > I am concerned that the way that the Reviewers project has been > undertaken so far is leading more into an extended QA with standards > that go beyond the enforcement of established Gentoo policy. > > Kind Regards; > I support wraeth's views. He is a keen and fine contributor to gentoo -- kind regards Ian Delaney
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