Dear Atri, I can clearly understand you feel hurt, there are enough statements in Sergeys e-mail to be offended. The board, in person Christian, did stand up against the accusations, and this time they did in a timely manner, while in the past they were somewhat reluctant to do so, and I appreciate they did now. The accusations and name calling are in no way acceptable, and the board clealy does not tolerate it. If a warning is sufficient or not is a matter of opinion, Sergey is a first time offender, so personally I am strictly pro letting it pass this time, hoping he would think twice the next time he criticizes some decision. Yes, I hope the warning will do some good. Maintainership or even contribution is no popularity contest. I myself have doubted the sanity of maintainers sometimes in the past, thinking "how dare you" when killing my favourite pet feature. I have stood up for maintainer decisions when I saw the overall benefit for some unpopular change. I know both sides. As a community, we are striving to improve open source in general and openSUSE in particular. Although we share this goal we are all individuals, with different opionions how this vision looks like in detail. But over all disagreements, there is no tolerance for uncivility, offense or violence. I think the board showed it shares this view, I hopefully did myself with this letter, and I think everyone else should do as well*. Kind regards, Stefan * in most cases, I am strictly against "me too" statements - but there are occasion where keeping quiet is not the best thing you can do. -- Stefan Brüns / Bergstraße 21 / 52062 Aachen home: +49 241 53809034 mobile: +49 151 50412019 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org