[gentoo-project] Re: Notice of resignation of foundation membership

[Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>]

And I really love how he just threatened to sue me for sharing his comments.

[13:57:29] <Shentino> Feel free to go to comrel and have me banned if
you wish.  Sharing this discussion on the ML is probably a violation
of your privacy.
[13:58:27] <mgorny> actually, i'm thinking lawsuit is a better course of action
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 1:52 PM Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks in large part to mgorny's initiative it has been brought to my
> attention that I am not welcome in the gentoo community.
>
> He has done everything he can to obstruct me from contributing,
> including attempting to have my foundation membership revoked (620010)
> in a bug that he didn't even BOTHER to have me CC'ed on until I
> stumbled on it while spectating on a trustee meeting,and unilaterally
> dismissing me from the proxy maintainers project, officially for
> inactivity but confessing on IRC that he just found me difficult to
> work with.
>
> This is, to be blunt, bullshit.  When a security bug came in against
> bopm I was prompt in having it fixed (see bug 631882.  Other than
> that, apart from yielding skypeforlinux to someone who used scripts to
> beat me to the punch, the other packages were simply dormant upstream
> and rather than being inactive on those I was simply idling.
>
> I might have been difficult to work with, but if that was the real
> reason I was "fired" it should have been documented on my maintainer
> bug.  The official reason as listed is not accurate.
>
> When I informed mgorny of my choice to resign, his words were as
> follows (as of Nov 12, 2018, pacific time):
>
> [13:37:32] <Shentino> I'm resigning from the foundation and severing
> all ties with gentoo.
> [13:37:37] <Shentino> Congratulations, you got your wish.
> [13:47:16] <mgorny> thanks, really appreciated
>
> Unfortunately, it appears that his opinion of my worth to Gentoo is
> not isolated, and since my efforts are not welcome I've decided it's
> in the mutual interest of myself and Gentoo for me to resign.
>
> Since I'm not welcome there's no point in me sticking around and
> wasting my time.
>
> Foundation, please get your books in order, particularly with the back
> taxes, so that you can get back the respect of the rest of the
> community.  I'm tired of people using the foundation's past paperwork
> problems as an excuse to disregard and dismiss them.