RE: [gentoo-council] Extent of Code of Conduct enforcement

["Chrissy Fullam" <musikc@gentoo.org>]

> Mark Loeser wrote:
> > Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> said:
> > Can people be entirely banned from Gentoo?
> > - Why would we do it?
> 
> Because they are damaging the community and driving possible contributors
> aways.
> > - Under whose authority would it happen?
> 
> Devrel and/or userrel
> > - Would it be reversible? What conditions would cause this?
> 
> This would be something I would like to hear opinions from userrel and
> devrel on.  Do they think someone that we would want to ban permanently
> would turn around enough to unban?
>
> >   Since the banned person couldn't participate in Gentoo, we'd never
> >   know whether anything changed.
> Refer to my comment above.


I'm more than happy to state again that I am not opposed to allowing someone
back, as a user or a developer, after a period of supervision to ensure they
truly have turned things around for the better. People can change, no doubt
there, but I am also not foolish or naïve enough to think it happens over
night or with every person.


Kind regards,
Christina Fullam
Gentoo Developer Relations Lead | Gentoo Public Relations