On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Wendy Smoak wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org> wrote: > >> When some guy who done virtually nothing for two years vetoes someone [else] >> then it's not a meritocracy, it's ridiculous is what it is. > > That was out of line. There is no contribution threshold before you > are allowed to have an opinion. We are all concerned about this > community and should feel comfortable speaking out if we think > something isn't right.
You are entitled to your point of view, Ralph is entitled to his opinion, I am entitled to my reaction. > > I've been on the receiving end of the same thing in the past and it > has definitely affected my participation here. I don't want that to > happen to anyone else. > > -- > Wendy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- What matters is not ideas, but the people who have them. Good people can fix bad ideas, but good ideas can't save bad people. -- Paul Graham
