On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> wrote: > >>________________________________ >> Da: Andrea Pescetti > ... >> >>Joe Schaefer wrote: >>> This tempest in a teapot is not about >>> a wayward revert as you did not completely >>> back out the commit- you just patched it. >> >>Exactly. It is rather clear from here: >> >>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/site/trunk/templates/sidenav.mdtext?r1=1419051&r2=1441659&diff_format=h >>Dave adds a link to the OpenOffice.org site and includes a (R) too, but the >>reason for the commit was to add the link (see log). >> >>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/site/trunk/templates/sidenav.mdtext?r1=1441659&r2=1441662&diff_format=h >>Rob does not change the link, but removes the (R) over legal concerns and >>informs the list. >> >>I don't see anything bad here. > > I don't see a big issue around the partial revert but I do see an attitude > problem. > We are building a community every day and everyone, especially PMC members, > are expected to be politically correct and give other participants space and > respect. > > So, if you are planning to revert someone elses change and it's really urgent > please > take the time and write a polite message *before* reverting saying: > > "Hello Dave, I think this is a really bad idea, I will revert it for now and > we can discuss > this issue with legal@." >
Actually, I did explain this in the BZ issue for this item, and I did this **two weeks ago**: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121624 > These bullying in the lines of "I reverted it .. and I will do it again" is > NOT acceptable. > I say again, I would do exactly the same thing in similar circumstances. -Rob > I hate to say this but our mentors warned us exactly about this type of > situation[1]. > > Pedro. > > [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q52kFL8zVoM >
