On Sunday, 28 October 2018 08:36:17 PDT André Pönitz wrote: > That would be a valid reason in case there had been or we would > expect to be unstoppable abusive behaviour. > > Most abusive behaviour on the mailing lists and IRC can be > stopped by technical means, in exceptional cases like the recent > spam attack on FreeNode also a coc won't help.
Spam is pretty obvious, since spammy messages are off-topic and the spammer is not going to bother contesting the filter. But if it isn't spam, what gives the list moderator the right to intervene in something that he/she believes is abusive behaviour? Same thing about IRC: we do have one annoying person who does come along every now and then, but most of his messages are just that: annoyance. It's only when he uses profanity that I feel justified in kicking him out of the channel. Am I the one abusing my position as channel op to kick him? Am I being arbitrary? > > We need a formal procedure to enable that, and the CoC is that > > procedure. > > This "we" needs qualification. It apparently does not include me. Of course it does. Why do you feel excluded? Or did you mean you feel you don't need a procedure? -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
