On to, 2007-01-25 at 17:08 -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Josip Rodin] > > I also think that a social committee would be a good idea. Even if > > unrefined and/or undefined, just the notion of having both a > > technical and a social committee would indicate major progress in our > > way of thinking. > > Pretty words. What problem is this supposed to solve? What benefits > can we expect from "major progress in our way of thinking"?
It's a proposal to solve problems related to bad (or non-existent) communication between members of the project, be they individual developers or teams. As a concrete example, developers who flame and insult other developers (or users) on Debian mailing lists should be stopped. > Anything less is just empty gestures. People > who cause social problems don't stop just because someone asks them to > stop. Mere asking might not have been enough, but that plus kicking me out of Debian mailing lists worked in my case, when I was out of line in 1996. So I claim that the soc-ctte, if implemented properly, need not be an empty gesture. > Or is this, just like way too many other threads in Debian, really > about Sven Luther needing a better ombudsman? This has nothing to do with Sven in particular, as far as I could see from the mails on -private. -- There's a reason why "release manager" is abbreviated "RM". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
