From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 3 13:41:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8EE37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:41:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B07F43F3F for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:41:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.12.6/8.12.5) with SMTP id h13LfYP4088724; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:41:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:41:33 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Rahul Siddharthan , Alexandr Kovalenko , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Rahul Siddharthan writes: > > [why was Matt Dillon's commit bit removed] > > Short version: there was a difference of opinions. I think there should be "short version", but that this is not quite it. The short of it is that Matt was unable to treat many of his fellow developers with the civility and respect that they deserve. The FreeBSD Project attempts to foster a productive environment for development; sure, as with any online community, it's going to have its share of disagreements and occasional flames. It's hard to imagine any e-mail list without occasional fiery and enthusiastic disagreement. However, there are times when individuals may step beyond the scope of what is considered reasonable, expected, or acceptable. Obviously, this is subject to interpretation and debate, but I'd ask that those passing judgement on this action take into account that this was given long and hard consideration, and that it was not a decision taken lightly or without regret. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message