On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:01:46 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if everyone of the GIMP development team is as annoyed of > Carol as I am, but I know that there are quite a few people who are.
As I have been involved in several incidents with Carol some years ago, I should probably comment on this. For a while, I felt responsible for all the bad things happening to Carol. I still feel sorry about what happened in 2003. But I cannot feel responsible for what Carol has been doing since then (which is not very different from what she did before anyway). Also, I used to be upset whenever Carol was posting nasty comments on IRC or on the GIMP mailing lists. I have learned to ignore the negative comments and only pay attention to her useful contributions, but newcomers and casual contributors do not have the opportunity to know this in advance. It was a pleasure for me to meet Carol at LGM last year and discover that we can have friendly face-to-face conversations. This is something that I appreciated very much. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case online: her negative messages or gibberish on IRC or by e-mail have discouraged more than one contributor. So while I thank Carol for her contributions to the GIMP web site or for her own web site and tutorials, I think that her behavior online has brought more harm than good and has seriously hurt the project. I am not sure about the best way to handle this because I hate excluding people, but preventing her from harrassing others on IRC and removing her op access would certainly be a good start. -Raphaël _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
