[aur-general] TU application: Laszlo Papp

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:51:38 -0700
Giovanni Scafora <giovanni at archlinux.org> wrote:

> 2009/7/31, Loui Chang <louipc.ist at gmail.com>:
> > I've been speaking to Laszlo over the past month and the impression that
> >  I get is that he really doesn't understand boundaries when it comes to
> >  communication. This can become extremely frustrating for the person he
> >  is talking to.
> >
> >  When we first started talking, he asked me about many past TUs, and
> >  about the reasons they quit, etc. I wondered why he wouldn't speak to
> >  them directly instead of bothering me with such questions.
> >
> >  There has been multiple times that he has asked me for solutions to very
> >  trivial problems. To make things worse, in one instance, he would shoot
> >  down every one of my offered solutions.
> >
> >  Instead of choosing the most relevant route of communication, he will
> >  choose the method that he believes will give him the fastest response,
> >  no matter if it may cause disruption.
> >
> >  Example: He asks the same question to some of us directly via Jabber
> >  rather than asking in an IRC channel (which we are all present in), even
> >  after being asked to stop.
> >
> >  Example: He would contact me directly about something on the mailing
> >  list that I had no involvement in, rather than sending an email to that
> >  mailing list.
> >
> >  He has recently become extremely annoying.
> >
> >  His application does look impeccable though.
> >  It's partly the result of lots of feedback from me, and probably other
> >  Trusted Users.
> >
> >  I don't know if this should be a barrier to becoming a Trusted User,
> >  but the fact is that I'm wary about working with him, and I can imagine
> >  that other users might feel the same way.
> >
> >  I admire Laszlo's enthusiasm, and respect his goals but I don't think he
> >  would be a good candidate for a Trusted User right now.
> 
> I don't vote on TU matters anymore, but I totally agree with you.
> 
> 

Oh, so i'm not the only one who is annoyed by the 'invasive' communication style...

Dieter