Re: Banning Norbert Preining from planet.d.o

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 09:35:18AM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> I actually believe it would be quite problematic if any single DD were
> allowed to take actions on another contributor based on their own
> judgment. That does include the DPL. §5.1.4 isn't applicable here,
> because there is someone who has responsibility. And the DPL should be
> more careful than others to respect the project's rules, not less.

While this is accurate, I believe there is a difference here.

Norbert was banned from Debian by the people who are delegated to make
that decision. He was banned from contributing to, and communicating
with, Debian.

Personally, I believe that includes Planet Debian as well. While I agree
that it would be wrong to remove someone from the Planet Debian
configuration without that background, I think that given this
background, one could easily say that the non-removal of Norbert from
Planet Debian was a simple oversight, and that therefore removing him is
something that anyone can (and should!) do.

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