On 7/6/20, Jim DeLaHunt <list+ffmpeg-...@jdlh.com> wrote: > On 2020-07-04 14:08, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, at 20:09, Paul B Mahol wrote: >>> Why is bad and offensive language tolerated on this mailing list and on >>> IRC? >> It is not tolerated. >> Whatever the reason. >> >> -- >> Jean-Baptiste Kempf - President > > > Jean-Baptiste, with respect, rudeness and offensive language _is_ > tolerated on this mailing list — as measured by the lack of community > norm enforcement when rudeness appears, and by the lack of visible > punishment to those who are rude. I think it is especially important for > the person with "President" after their name to have a clear idea of the > actual behaviour of the group. > > You are the best at attempting to enforce community norms. In a few > recent threads, you have responded to rudeness by saying that rude > behaviour is not welcome. That is good. You announced recently that you > kicked a person off IRC as a consequence of their rude behaviour there. > That is good. However, it is very mild compared to what I think should > happen. > > None of the multiple instances of rudeness on this list in the last few > weeks has been met with a wide-spread public rebuke. None have resulted > in a list member being suspended from the list, or having their code > commit authority suspended. > > Rudeness and offensive language is against the _rules_ of this list and > of IRC, but it is clearly "tolerated". I wish it were not. I am hopeful > that setting up the community governance, and forming councils with > authority to deal with bad behaviour, will improve the situation.
Are you kind of person who prefer censorship? Rudeness are present on both sides. > —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada > > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
