Thanks Ken! Keep being excellent.
On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM Gagan Sidhu via macports-dev < macports-dev@lists.macports.org> wrote: > there’s nothing to suggest i didn’t follow the code of conduct given below. > > i engaged the individual multiple times and corrected them, where they > deliberately (this is the key thing) ignored my responses. > > as time went on they would pivot to this multiple times, in spite of me > correcting them. this was over a couple of weeks! > > the github exchange is quite clear: > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2603 > > they continued to repeat the falsity of all nodejs using the bundled libuv > on a bug ticket: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/71475 > -again for the umpteenth time, only nodejs20 and 22 had doneso. > > you are entitled to your opinion, but please do not conflate my > intolerance for uncivilised behaviour as anything but. > > it wasn’t personal. this is supposed to be a sophisticated project with > sophisticated people. this person decided to use their position of > authority to twist my words multiple times, never admitting any error, and > i felt it was necessary to confront them. > > i have not acted this way with others, so the audience is free to > determine where my heart lay during the exchange. > > was my pursuit of correctness at the expense of manners? i don’t think so. > -sometimes the truth hurts. > > and while for sure his contributions will be missed, it looks some of my > words were finally absorbed. > -i’m hopeful he decides to come back and engage in good faith. > > i believe it was obvious why he was doing this to me in the first place. > -i’m not going to dignify or explain what i think or believe was > the reason for ken’s uncivilised conduct. > -but i will say i was probably better contributing > anonymously, and it would have likely not spiralled. > > for those in the audience whom i offended: i apologise. > > > > On Feb 4, 2025, at 11:18 AM, Nicklas Larsson via macports-dev < > macports-dev@lists.macports.org> wrote: > > > > Ken, > > > > This was sad news indeed! I’m sorry, but respect your decision. > > I had not much, if any at all, to contribute to the issue(s) of dispute. > However, I found the personal attack on you from this individual utterly > appalling. > > I’m not aware of MacPorts have a Code of Conduct, a commonly used CoC in > open source projects is [1]. Even if I have no formal say in the matter, I > would support Ryan’s suggestion for permanent ban. Wouldn’t care less if > this is would be a A. Einstein level genius. > > > > Best, > > Nicklas > > > > > > [1] https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct/ > > > > > >> On 4 Feb 2025, at 18:44, Ken Cunningham < > ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> First of all, I’ve been pretty strongly attacked, as you can see. > >> > >> Gagan has been around MacPorts for about two or three months. He has > two commits so far to his name: > >> > >> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commits?author=i3roly > >> > >> You can feel free to read the entirety of our interaction in the PR > where he felt slighted: > >> > >> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26031 > >> > >> Any failings of mine in there are about the best I will ever be able to > do. > >> > >> There was also one brief email exchange with him where expressed his > displeasure with me, and I pointed out he was very new and there was much > to learn. > >> > >> All that being said — and not strictly because of that interaction, but > in respect to other general life events, I have re-evaluated how I choose > to spend my time. Life is short, as we all know, and there are only so many > hours in the day. I have resigned from the MacPorts’ committer team, and > deleted all my MacPorts installations on older systems and all my VMs. > >> > >> What little I may have contributed over the past 10 years that people > may have found useful, I hope you enjoy. What failings I may have had are > life’s foibles. Like everyone, we all try to do our best. > >> > >> It was fun, in ways, keeping all those older systems humming — but I > have moved them all to linux now, and I don’t use them any more anyway. > >> > >> I wish you all well in your future adventures! > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Ken > > > > > > Thanks, > Gagan > >
