I never had any issue interacting with Peter Robinson so I would love to see a clarification. Could you point to a specific tickets where he caused problems so we could consider the outcome?
сб, 14 дек. 2024 г., 02:33 Josh Stone <jist...@redhat.com>: > On Tuesday (2024-12-10), the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee > (FESCo) met in a private meeting to discuss whether Fedora contributor > Peter Robinson should retain his provenpackager privileges. Over the > last year, multiple private tickets have been opened with FESCo > regarding Peter’s packaging behavior. In particular, on numerous > occasions Peter has pushed uncommunicated updates to packages he has no > prior relationship with, interfering with those packages’ maintenance > efforts. On at least a few occasions, this has resulted in other > maintainers being forced to react to these changes with no coordination > or notice. > > The Fedora Proven Packager Policy[1] reads: “Provenpackagers lend a hand > when help is needed, always with a desire to improve the quality of > Fedora. Prior to making changes, provenpackagers should try to > communicate with owners of a package in bugzilla, dist-git pull > requests, IRC, matrix, or email. They should be careful not to change > other people’s packages needlessly and try to do the minimal changes > required to fix problems, as explained more in depth in ‘Who is Allowed > to Modify Which Packages’[2].” > > Despite several warnings and conversations with FESCo representatives, > Peter has continued to use his provenpackager privileges in an > unapproved manner, frequently causing additional work for other > maintainers. As a result of more than a month of debate in the latest > private FESCo ticket on his conduct, the Committee voted – seven in > favor, two against – to remove Peter from the provenpackager group in > Fedora. Peter will retain his status as a Fedora packager, but will not > be able to use provenpackager powers to bypass the review process on any > package for which he is not a co-maintainer. > > FESCo would like to make this abundantly clear: this decision was not > made lightly, nor without consideration for Peter’s past contributions > to the Fedora Project. This decision is not irrevocable: Peter will be > permitted to re-apply in the future for provenpackager status, provided > he demonstrates a justified need for those privileges and remains in > good standing as a Fedora packager. > > Signed, > Fedora Engineering Steering Committee > > > [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Provenpackager_policy/ > [2] > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Who_is_allowed_to_modify_which_packages/ > > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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