What does one do about a package maintainer with an attitude problem?

[Jon Ciesla]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Jonathan Kamens <jik at kamens.us> wrote:

>  On 07/22/2013 12:44 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote:
>
> I'd suggest either the person's sponsor or
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_working_group
>
> How does one find out someone's sponsor?
>
> I looked at the Wiki page for the CWG, and it doesn't have any enforcement
> powers. "Specific anti-duties of the CWG: playing the role of arbitrator...
> in a dispute; making judgments in a dispute." Frankly, I do not think this
> is a communication issue; I think the only way this is going to change is
> if somebody with the authority to do so tells this individual that the way
> he's maintaining his packages isn't OK and compels him to do things
> differently or find another way to spend his time.
>
> I have little interest in wasting my time engaging in pointless
> "mediation" that is just going to boil down to he-said, she-said, i.e., me
> saying, "This is not how things are supposed to be done. Doing things this
> way is damaging to the community and to the Fedora project," and him
> responding, "Yes, it is. No, it isn't." I've been involved with the FOSS
> community for long enough to know how such conversations turn out when
> there is no one in a position of authority to make and enforce judgments.
>
> If you have a FAS login you can look it up there.  If not, you could have
a trusted party who you know does have a FAS account look it up for you.

If you're not sure CWB is the right venue, you could log a Trac for FESCO.

-J


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