Ok, thanks--we'll see what happens. Dave
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > On 08/09/2014 18:06, Dave Newton wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> [...] banned from the Tomcat users mailing list [...] > > > > > > Is there official Apache precedence for this? I tried that on the S2 list > > and it didn't take. > > Technically, unsub them from user@ and sub them to user-deny@. If that > doesn't work, contact infra. > > There isn't an official position on how to handle this sort of issue as > far as I know. It is left to the community to decide. > > I've seen it happen a few times. In each case the banned person ignored > repeated requests both privately and publicly to correct their > behaviour, they were warned would would happen if they continued, they > continued so the community banned them. > > In theory you could have a moderator get all dictatorial and start > banning people for trivial stuff. In that case I'd expect the community > to step in and deal with the moderator. > > Unless the community got very disfunctional, I don't see the board > getting involved at all. I will say in all the cases I am aware of the > project did include a note in their next board report as it was viewed > as an unusual enough action to highlight to the board. The board > response in all cases was "Fine. Carry on." > > If you have a determined troll then blocking them from the mailing list > is unlikely to be effective. On the other hand, blocking an idiot takes > less effort than creating a new e-mail account and subscribing to the > mailing list so that is a game I'm happy to play if necessary. > > HTH, > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- e: davelnew...@gmail.com m: 908-380-8699 s: davelnewton_skype t: @dave_newton <https://twitter.com/dave_newton> b: Bucky Bits <http://buckybits.blogspot.com/> g: davelnewton <https://github.com/davelnewton> so: Dave Newton <http://stackoverflow.com/users/438992/dave-newton>
