On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:04:25 +0000 Steve Long
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grant Goodyear wrote:
> > Underlying the draft code of conduct is an assumption that
> > aggressive and less-than-nice behavior on gentoo-dev is seriously
> > harming Gentoo.
> 
> Well you've recently lost two very capable devs as a result of it,
> and I understand others have left for similar reasons, so i'd say it
> is seriously harming Gentoo. Quite apart from the reputational damage.

You need to distinguish between why a developer left and why he said he
left. 

> Personally I understand why flameeyes took that to bugzilla; how else
> could he say he'd gone thru the appropriate channels? Devrel (a
> group, not an individual) weren't set up to respond quickly as others
> have informed us all.

Case in point: you need to distinguish between flameeyes leaving (again)
as a publicity stunt because his attempt to blackmail devrel failed and
flameeyes' stated reason for leaving...

> No one's been complaining about the user forums, apart from ciaran
> afaict

Oh, I assure you I'm not the only person to have serious issues with
the forums. A number of Gentoo developers and former Gentoo developers
have expressed similar views to mine on the subject...

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Ciaran McCreesh
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