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Dear David,
Am 01.02.20 um 19:16 schrieb dhendrix--- via coreboot:
Recently there was some unpleasant activity on Gerrit which violated
the guidelines [1] regarding respectful conduct. Unfortunately this has
directly caused a valued member of the community to withdraw from
maintainership and has damaged relations with others as well.
After discussion and deliberation, the coreboot leadership has decided
to revoke +2/-2 privileges for the provocateur and have asked him to fork the
project to continue his work elsewhere, at least for the time being. This
decision might be reconsidered at a later date if this person shows respectful
behavior when working with community members in the future.
This is not the first time such situations have occurred and similar
actions taken. It’s never an easy decision to make, however it is necessary to
maintain a healthy and productive community. Even when only two people are
directly involved in a conflict there are often others who are impacted. The
cost of alienating developers and damage to the project is too high to tolerate
any individual’s bad behavior.
We generally trust that developers acting in good faith and in a
respectful manner can resolve conflicts on their own. However, we will continue
to develop guidelines to help move things along when disagreements inevitably
occur. In any case, it is always required that we treat others in a
professional manner and communicate with respect, regardless of who is right or
wrong on any issue.
Thank you for the email, which I am pretty sad about to hear. For such a
drastic measure, I really want to know about more details, as otherwise
it’s just accusation.
1. Who is the current coreboot leadership? How many of those voted, and
what was the result?
2. Which comment violated the guidelines? I guess it’s about change-set
[2]? Reading the comments, and considering, that English is not the
mother tongue of some participants, and reading an apology, I’d really
like to know what Gerrit guide lines were violated.
3. Why did the coreboot leadership not step in earlier to avoid further
escalation despite being added early on as reviewer so was made aware of
the discussion?
I really appreciate the work of everybody, and I am saddened, that such
conflicts arise. Hopefully, there will be an amicable outcome nevertheless.
Kind regards,
Paul
[1]: https://doc.coreboot.org/getting_started/gerrit_guidelines.html
[2]: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/38221
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