Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?
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17 Jan 2022, 07:36 by peb@debian.org:
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> Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> wrote on 16/01/2022 at 17:09:01+0100:
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>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 11:29 AM Marco Möller
>> <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Does somebody has information about what in the background has happened,
>>> which made Norbert leaving the team?
>>> Considering that Debian is a community project and myself feeling to be
>>> part of the community, although not actively involved in its maintenance
>>> and development, I am wondering what is going on in the community after
>>> his post from yesterday sounds like there are things happening in the
>>> community, which not all the community might be aware of.
>>> In his blog he wrote "After having been (again) demoted [...] based on
>>> flimsy arguments, I have been forced to rethink the level of
>>> contribution I want to do for Debian."
>>> https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/01/future-of-my-packages-in-debian/
>>>
>>> I wish that someone could publish some background information, neutral
>>> and respectful and without harming anybody. I am absolutely not
>>> interested to start here in public a war of recriminations. I simply
>>> feel that it would be worth for the health of the community to get a
>>> more transparent view on what is going on in the community.
>>> Do you have some background information which you could share in PLEASE
>>> neutral, well thought text, serving the community and its transparency
>>> instead of rupturing it?
>>> Thanks, Marco.
>>>
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>> I read a few of the comments on the blog you linked to, and he replies
>> to one comment:
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>> "No there is no public record (for now), as all happened on
>> debian-private. In due time I will document the whole process, since I
>> have access to all of debian-private until recently. Time to show what
>> really went on."
>>
>> Maybe you just have to wait a while. This will of course only be one
>> side of the story.
>>
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> And as debian-private is private, there is little to no chance a Debian
> Member will provide any mail Norbert might not provide.
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> And, for the sake of clarity, neither Norbert should provide no mail at
> all, for the forementioned reason.
>
And I believe in open source.
Cheers!
Harry
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