Ian Jackson - 18.04.18, 19:23: > The answer is, carrot: advertising that the alternative route has a > possibility of delivering something like what an angry person actually > thinks they want - punishment for the wrongdoer. > > And, of course, stick: if you post to d-devel anyway then your own > behaviour will be scrutinised by that some body, and will be > officially looked on unfavourably (rather than just get you dogpiled).
Whoa. I do not believe in any of that. Public shaming and/or other forms of punishment is not going to help here. The other way around: One of the threads I think this discussion relates to is full with shaming and blaming each other… with the result of that clearly visible: at least one package maintainer orphaning packages and probably even leaving the project. If there would be one clear rule, I´d say: Never ever attack a person. Harmlessness with each other goes a long, long way. Wrongdoing someone who probably did something that did not serve the project or another person, i.e. did something "wrong", just continues the hurting cycle. And even "wrong" or "right" is just an arbitrary judgment. Indeed think "I am right and the other is wrong" is a pattern that fuels threads like the one I think this discussion relates to. Its also a game that can be played till the end of time. Only exit: One party lets go of blaming the other party (as if there would be different parties to begin with but that is another story). There is no wrongdoer, there are just human beings or… souls who play the game of human experience. -- Martin
