I've been with Arch since around 2004-5 and I've never seen such a hostility against a contributing user. Konstantin clearly cares about his set of packages because they are the tools of his trade and of some of his co-workers (at a high-profile institution, not at some pet shop). It's also clear that he's not just a packager but also a co-developer of at least some of the software set. It's only normal for him to be concerned about the way this package group is handled, given the importance of its applications. That also was the very reason he applied for a TU. Now, even if he had been over-zealous about it, justifiably so in many's opinions, he had been a far cry from whining or implying oppression or telling bald-faced lies or being a control-freak - jeez, why such strong expressions? I read the word "implying" numerous times in the bashing posts and some arguments (not all, for sure) were even based on Konstantin's "hidden insinuations", not his actual arguments. Mistakes do happen and I doubt that being a TU means being infallible or indisputable. But watching a man getting severely reprimanded over some petty mistakes, which had resulted from over-zealousness and not mal-intent, is just sad. Especially because it comes from the very people who advised him to apply as a TU and that man is now appealing to. -- X