[haiku-development] Re: [proposal] removing waddlesplash from #haiku IRC channel operators
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:38:30 +0200
On 08.07.2015 11:06, Dario Casalinuovo wrote:
But more importantly, these changes were made without a discussion
here first. It is an important change of policy and should have been
discussed and submitted to a vote if there was not a strong
agreement in either direction. I think it is not acceptable that
people can bypass this decision process (there could be exceptions
for emergency measures, but this is not one).
That recall to my mind some phrase read here in past weeks relating
trustworthy people. The problem is not who abuse with power, but who
gave all that power.
"Abuse of power" -- please let's not blow things out of proportion. The
Haiku project is organized as a meritocracy. People who contribute gain
trust and privileges. They are supposed to (and do) use these privileges
for the good of the project. However, mistakes and bad calls of judgment
are made from time to time and can usually be corrected easily. No need
to call for torches and pitchforks.
Please also keep in mind that many of the technical and social processes
and contracts have not been written down anywhere. So things that have
been done a certain way for a decade might not at all be obvious to more
recently joined contributors. Let's just point those out and keep things
civil.
We have sanctioned "repeat offenders" very reluctantly in the past and I
think that worked well enough. I don't believe we have much to gain by
changing that strategy.
CU, Ingo
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