hmmm...sorry to say this, but is that really something that have to be discussed in private !!!!
I thought we were ONE community and not a two tier community, with the ones who have karma, and everybody else who just want to make things happen ! I agree that some things are better discussed among people with the same status, but this theme is in my humble opinion much more than just a "committer" business, it is a community business ! so I think it was correct to publish it on this list. jan. On 1 November 2012 17:35, Raphael Bircher <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 01.11.12 15:18, schrieb Rob Weir: > > I'm hearing that some project volunteers, especially new ones, are > > being contacted by certain external parties, who then try to > > discourage them from contributing to the Apache OpenOffice project. > > I'm hearing that similar notes have been sent out to those who > > submitted listings to our new Consultants Directory, also discouraging > > them from involvement in the project. > > > > This is my personal view on this matter, for what it is worth. > > > > I think we all would agree that such techniques are deplorable and > > bring disrepute to the individuals involved, and to the project that > > sanctions such techniques. If you recall we had a similar wave of > > such unprofessional behavior a few months ago, when certain external > > parties were contacting journalists who mentioned OpenOffice and > > telling them that it was no longer being developed and to link to a > > different product instead. > > > > I any case, if you are receiving such FUD yourself, I'd encourage you > > to simply post it to this mailing list, or to your blog, or some other > > public website. "Daylight is the best antiseptic" as they say. I am > > not a medical doctor, but I do believe that FUD exposed to public > > scrutiny loses its potency. But FUD ignored is FUD that spreads. > This is also not the professional way to deal with. We doing not a > better job if we put the FUD distributing Person to the mood. Please > forward the messages simply to [email protected]. So we see > what they write and we can react in a public statement, without call the > name(s) of the sender. > > > Greetings Raphael > >
