-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/20/2014 03:09 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 01/20/14 15:59, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Tom Wijsman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> #gentoo-qa | @hwoarang: pretty sure diego had the powerzz to >>> suspend people >>> >>> Whether this has actually happened is something that is >>> questionable; >> >> Not that this necessarily needs to make it into the GLEP, and >> I'm still on the fence regarding whether we really need to make >> this change at all, but things like access suspensions and other >> administrative/disciplinary procedures should be documented. I >> think whether this is a matter of public record or not is open to >> debate, but I don't like the fact that we can really say for sure >> when/if this has actually happened. > > > Speaking as someone who had this power in his day job, for QA to be > able to suspend accounts is a very bad idea indeed. It always ends > badly. I suspended 20+ accounts in my current job over the years > and the number of cases where it was the right thing to do is > precisely 0. > > It was always a case of ill-advised action taken out of > frustration, or bypass the training step, or don't try hard enough > to reach the "infringer" and communicate like grown adults. Yup, I > did all three. > > Suspending an account is a very serious thing to undertake, the > effects on the suspended person are vast and this power should > never lie with the person who is feeling the pain. Instead, there > are well established channels to the body who can make the > decision. If QA has a problem with a dev for any reason whatsoever, > then QA should make a well-thought out case to that other body for > decision. Anything else is madness and open invitation for it to > all go south. > >
Yep. This proposal is actually another workaround that emerges, because people do not communicate and ignore each other. This is a common habit in the gentoo dev community and it seems we have accepted that fact. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS3wDWAAoJEFpvPKfnPDWzPYYH/A87fN34q1ShBhPvIh2uqP1K UogA7se08pol0abNpDenYM2qDcTxYWXRPgYS7xXcrjh1bbhDmI+/0zuW7vd8/AWh V20TffIkMHr1hMWyFKysFD6VKZC8DYr8fCGkgEfTRAjv1mdGFvfX+k1cqUZ+VtKB bNPiH5Op7EOqpBp/5oz/CmGNFB8nPPEsDRrUbkE/hBPO3JfufBVHdDnmgJg9s0Og Yd5dS55wQTTX7mbLDL4LePDF5pEtM9LnGc2uLgvDrepyX0Z2rio8aNnn/UI0IrY2 p7gkpMK9aA8vSixuvz3qpQbDs0julAswv5ZjTNgu237nukp1yiJGcAwjCDrCRl0= =HdSb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
