Kubuntu and Ubuntu at odds

Posted May 29, 2015 18:46 UTC (Fri) by jzb (editor, #7867)
In reply to: Kubuntu and Ubuntu at odds by sgclark
Parent article: Kubuntu and Ubuntu at odds

"Decisions were made behind closed doors, and last I checked, this is NOT the open source, FLOSS way that I have grown to love."

Not to defend the CC (or, for that matter, disagree) but one small comment on this -- many open source communities have governance policies that allow a group to discuss actions around individuals in private. If you're going to be discussing a complaint about a person or persons, and the decision-making rests in the hands of a board, council, etc. -- then I don't see an advantage to dragging someone through the mud *publicly*.

Not saying this overall situation was handled correctly, but I generally agree with the idea that if the council is going to discuss someone's suitability for a position, it should be done privately.

Kubuntu and Ubuntu at odds

Posted May 29, 2015 20:24 UTC (Fri) by sgclark (guest, #100813) [Link] (1 responses)

Fair enough. I still have firm belief that the Kubuntu Council should have been consulted first
and and least given opportunity to handle the situation before it turned into this mess though.
Cheers,
Scarlett

Kubuntu and Ubuntu at odds

Posted May 31, 2015 22:02 UTC (Sun) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link]

That is the one thing nobody has disagreed with. Whatever Jonathan did or didn't do, and whatever constitutional right the CC has, not first consulting the KC before deciding to boot one of their community elected members wasn't smart.