On 6/17/10 12:47 AM, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > On 06/16/10 18:39, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: >> I believe one can't solve this problem by using rules. > any ideas what could help?
I think the "How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People" presentation may be helpful here. Summary: <http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/07/oscon_how_open_source_projects.html> Video: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFDm3UYkeE> Slides: <http://www.slideshare.net/vishnu/how-to-protect-yourhow-to-protect-your-open-source-project-from-poisonous-people> Some of the points that I think apply especially to Gentoo would be: > Attention and focus are scarce resources and you need to protect > them. > Finally, look out for people unwilling to cooperate with others. Be > wary of people who complain, but are unwilling to help fix the > problem at hand, people who refuse to discuss design and people who > cannot take criticism. > Perfectionists and people obsessed with process can derail forward > progress (unintentionally). Paweł
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