MILAN – Breaking news ! WorksWithU‘s Guy Thouret has just seen a flame for the first time.
No, wait, it’s worse: apparently he has seen many, but only recently decided to reveal the issue to the world. Other than being a bold critique to the occidental society in its whole, the article points out a disappointing lack of CoC acceptance by the mailing list users (not to talk with the lack of netiquette, but hey, who never forgot to bottom quote, after all?). Furthermore he discovered that “One thing is for sure: A lot of emails sent to the list that do not further a relevant discussion.”
Still, he writes, despite MOTU prompt intervention, “there’s no solution” !
It’s difficult to overlook the clear and compassionate purpose of the writer to link the issue to the human nature itself rather than individual bad intentions, and the pain he feels when he further writes:
Clearly this proves the point that list members are not capable of agreeing upon a workable solution and are not capable of self governance without the oversight of someone with authority for the list (a list owner or admin).
Notwithstanding, he takes the plunge and says what we were all thinking about:
A governance team with authority to warn and ultimately even ban persistent offenders is necessary. It’s time for the Ubuntu community and Canonical to come up with a solution to the list abuse.
Time has finally come for redemption. Late too late all the wretches run. These kings of beasts now counting their days ! 1
Many websites archive the mailing list for future reference. The result: Past comments may haunt Ubuntu users for years to come.
Amen brother. Would we ever risk to burn in hell for the eternity ? Hell not !
(to comment this post CoC acceptance is not strictly required, but still strongly advised)
- can you guess the citation? [↩]
Make sure you let us know when Linus and a few other luminaries get banned, ok?
Because just as children mimic the mannerisms of adults, the community apes the actions and manners of their leaders and god know FLOSS leaders are known to fly off the handle.
Of course, when Torvalds flames someone we just laugh at it like the uncle who farts a dinner, so I guess they have to make sure that there is different leniency for different people.
And for the record, there’s that guy “Randall Schwartz”, and me, and we’re very different people. Please make a note of it.
Stefano, that opening line is great, it put a smile on my face!
I’m Randall Schwartz, yes I’m the real Randall Schwartz
All you other Randall Schwartz’s are just imitating
So won’t the real Randall Schwartz please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?