random library: Request for Carter Tazio Schonwald (@cartazio) to step down as maintainer with immediate effect

Profpatsch

3 Jun 2020 3 Jun '20

2:02 p.m.

I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258 Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted. Profpatsch writes:

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@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61 I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it. I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly. ~ Profpatsch

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Roman Cheplyaka

3 Jun 3 Jun

3:50 p.m.

Hi Carter, random is a "public utility" library, and as such should be maintained by the community. A group of qualified engineers (which you were welcome to join) have carefully prepared a release, to which it sounds like you don't have any specific technical objections. Can you explain why they should not be able to make that release, or why you should be a gatekeeper of this process? I appreciate the difficulty of the situation in which the U.S. is right now, but to me, this is just another reason not to have a single person in charge of a core library. Roman On 03/06/2020 17.02, Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

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@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch

Gershom B

4:15 p.m.

I’ve reached out to a few members of the libraries committee directly to ask the committee to take charge and mediate this. —Gershom On Jun 3, 2020, 11:51 AM -0400, Roman Cheplyaka , wrote:

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Hi Carter,

random is a "public utility" library, and as such should be maintained by the community.

A group of qualified engineers (which you were welcome to join) have carefully prepared a release, to which it sounds like you don't have any specific technical objections.

Can you explain why they should not be able to make that release, or why you should be a gatekeeper of this process?

I appreciate the difficulty of the situation in which the U.S. is right now, but to me, this is just another reason not to have a single person in charge of a core library.

Roman

On 03/06/2020 17.02, Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

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@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch

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Alexey Khudyakov

6:42 p.m.

On 03.06.2020 17:02, Profpatsch wrote:

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I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

Vector needs maintainers too. For the last few years it was maintained in very dysfunctional manner. Last release 0.12.1 (2020.02.01) contained several bug fixes and improvements that lived in master for years(!). Here is incomplete list: - Empty storable vectors in GHCi error with divide by zero. #167 Reported: 2017.05.01 Fixed: 2017.05.03 - Add Unbox instances for everything in base #185, #194 Merged: 2018.02.12 - Add NFData1 instance for boxed vectors #233 Merged: 2019.01.14 - Implement partitionWith #176 Merged: 2017.06.05 For reference 0.12.0.3 was uploaded on 2019.04.30. Discrepancy between state of master and what is released on hackage created a lot of questions. On 2019.09.30 Alexey Kuleshevich reported issue #258:

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This seems like a related ticket #167 that was fixed on master over two years ago in this commit 3e2bd9f, but somehow was never released

Guys, what's going on with vector release process? Some unknown branch > is being used for releases, but all changes go to master? Not only bug > fixes are not getting released on hackage, but new tickets are constantly being opened because of this problem, here are just couple that I've seen recently: #256 #255

To which Carter promptly responded:

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V0.12 branch series is the most recent release.

Unit is semanticly uniformstive for strict array representations.

I’m going to edit the ticket title and your message to focus on the constructive parts. This complaining element doesn’t help anyone :)

Notably Carter removed question about release process from issue text. Then discussion about release process unfolded and resulted in exactly nothing being done. Questions about release didn't stop and on 2019.12.18 two we asked. One by Callan McGill (#264)

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Currently you cannot use an Unboxed vector with Any, All, Sum, Product. I think there should be instances of the form:

Carter didn't answer it but another one by Fumiaki Kinoshita started discussion (#265):

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#185 is merged two years ago, and there are various improvements/fixes but I don't see anything on Hackage. What's the blocker? Is there anything I can help?

Carter then responded:

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I’m doing the vector backlog this week and next week over the holidays. Thanks for your patience.

Quite predictably nothing happened again. Question about release and adding more maintainers we asked without any real answer. In the end issue was closed with rather bizarre message:

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Locking again because a policy conversation on an issue tracker is not the right forum and I’m cutting a release shortly. “Pick a person” isn’t a very precise strategy. Iin all for having another maintainer but who.

Let’s discuss this in email or video call but not drive by ticket comments.

At some later point issue was removed altogether. Discussion then moved to #266 and finally some useful work by several people started being done. Vector 0.12.1 was released on 2020.02.01. Notable changes from release branch (it isn't master) are still not merged back to master (#302). So what we have at this point: - Vector is basically unmaintained. Release process is broken. PRs get merged and then then just hang around without being release - Even worse he is very allergic to questions about release policy, maintaiership, etc. He locks and even deletes(!) issues. This is what caused parent post. All in all vector badly needs maintainers.

David Feuer

7:23 p.m.

I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter. On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

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@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

chessai .

8:30 p.m.

Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com. On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer wrote:

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I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

...
@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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Profpatsch

4 Jun 4 Jun

8:49 a.m.

chessai . writes:

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Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly. I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer wrote:

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I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

...
@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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Carter Schonwald

10:24 p.m.

i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language.. yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way . On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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chessai . writes:

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Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer wrote:

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I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

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@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists,

issue

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trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

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Carter Schonwald

10:28 p.m.

and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald wrote:

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i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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chessai . writes:

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Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

...
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer

wrote:

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I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

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@cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed

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notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

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This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts,

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It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue

probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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Fumiaki Kinoshita

5 Jun 5 Jun

7:17 a.m.

For example video call is not a great method for me because of the following reasons: * I'm not a good English speaker (especially I sometimes have difficulty with colloquial American English) * I live in a different timezone * I prefer open communication Although it's totally fine that you have a preference, I have no doubt that core library maintenance should have more acceptance and transparency. I hesitated talking about this because issues might get locked/edited/deleted, and the participants might get accused of being "thick headed assholes" again like you did in https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/267#issuecomment-579588727, but I must say: Frankly, it feels extremely unfair that you ask us to focus on "technical matters" (which excludes maintenance for some reason) only, while you frequently use non-technical reasons (your diseases and the situation in New York) as an excuse. Your asthma doesn't rub me in the wrong way; your tyrannous behaviour does. With all due respect I suggest you not to use CLC privileges to cope with your personal stresses. 2020年6月5日(金) 7:29 Carter Schonwald :

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and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald < carter.schonwald@gmail.com> wrote:

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i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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chessai . writes:

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Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

...
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer

wrote:

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I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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I posted this comment on the thread of https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258

Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be deleted.

Profpatsch writes:

> @cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at

https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed,

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notice the amount of discussion and the timeline. > > This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. > It cannot just be discarded out of hand. > > I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of `random` as a base package.

A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61

I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is extremely detrimental to it.

I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to add your voice publicly.

~ Profpatsch _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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Zemyla

11:06 a.m.

So you're saying that the fact that there's basically a civil war and pandemic going on is no excuse to respond to e-mails. And you're calling his behavior "tyrannous" when there are literal tyrants shooting tear gas at civilians. I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management. On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 02:18 Fumiaki Kinoshita wrote:

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For example video call is not a great method for me because of the following reasons:

* I'm not a good English speaker (especially I sometimes have difficulty with colloquial American English) * I live in a different timezone * I prefer open communication

Although it's totally fine that you have a preference, I have no doubt that core library maintenance should have more acceptance and transparency.

I hesitated talking about this because issues might get locked/edited/deleted, and the participants might get accused of being "thick headed assholes" again like you did in https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/267#issuecomment-579588727, but I must say: Frankly, it feels extremely unfair that you ask us to focus on "technical matters" (which excludes maintenance for some reason) only, while you frequently use non-technical reasons (your diseases and the situation in New York) as an excuse. Your asthma doesn't rub me in the wrong way; your tyrannous behaviour does. With all due respect I suggest you not to use CLC privileges to cope with your personal stresses.

2020年6月5日(金) 7:29 Carter Schonwald :

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and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald < carter.schonwald@gmail.com> wrote:

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i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

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chessai . writes:

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Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

...
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer

wrote:

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I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public discussion of a "personnel" matter.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote:

> > I posted this comment on the thread of > https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258 > > Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, > I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be > deleted. > > Profpatsch writes: > > > @cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at >

https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed,

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> notice the amount of discussion and the timeline. > > > > This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, > probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. > > It cannot just be discarded out of hand. > > > > I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue > trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of > `random` as a base package. > > A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at > https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61 > > I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for > the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is > extremely detrimental to it. > > I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to > add your voice publicly. > > ~ Profpatsch > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > Libraries@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries > _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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Mathieu Boespflug

12:31 p.m.

Zemyla, I would expect more charitable reception of anything said by anyone, but especially when the original author stated clearly in the very same message that they are not a native English speaker. And even if the words are to be taken on face value, do note that no one has called anyone a tyrant. Calling out specific behaviour (that predates the current pandemic) as "tyrannous" (or "tyrannical") and naming someone a tyrant is simply not the same thing. On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 13:06:20, Zemyla < zemyla@gmail.com > wrote:

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So you're saying that the fact that there's basically a civil war and pandemic going on is no excuse to respond to e-mails. And you're calling his behavior "tyrannous" when there are literal tyrants shooting tear gas at civilians.

I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 02:18 Fumiaki Kinoshita < fumiexcel@ gmail. com ( fumiexcel@gmail.com ) > wrote:

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For example video call is not a great method for me because of the following reasons:

* I'm not a good English speaker (especially I sometimes have difficulty with colloquial American English)

* I live in a different timezone

* I prefer open communication

Although it's totally fine that you have a preference, I have no doubt that core library maintenance should have more acceptance and transparency.

I hesitated talking about this because issues might get locked/edited/deleted, and the participants might get accused of being "thick headed assholes" again like you did in https:/ / github. com/ haskell/ vector/ issues/ 267#issuecomment-579588727 ( https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/267#issuecomment-579588727 ) , but I must say:

Frankly, it feels extremely unfair that you ask us to focus on "technical matters" (which excludes maintenance for some reason) only, while you frequently use non-technical reasons (your diseases and the situation in New York) as an excuse. Your asthma doesn't rub me in the wrong way; your tyrannous behaviour does. With all due respect I suggest you not to use CLC privileges to cope with your personal stresses.

2020年6月5日(金) 7:29 Carter Schonwald < carter. schonwald@ gmail. com ( carter.schonwald@gmail.com ) >:

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and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald < carter. schonwald@ gmail. com ( carter.schonwald@gmail.com ) > wrote:

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i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch < mail@ profpatsch. de ( mail@profpatsch.de ) > wrote:

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chessai . < chessai1996@ gmail. com ( chessai1996@gmail.com ) > writes:

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Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at

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chessai1996@ gmail. com ( chessai1996@gmail.com ).

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can

of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately

talk to a trustee.

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer < david. feuer@ gmail. com ( david.feuer@gmail.com ) > wrote:

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> I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the

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> current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public

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> discussion of a "personnel" matter.

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>

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> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch < mail@ profpatsch. de ( mail@profpatsch.de ) > wrote:

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>

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>>

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>> I posted this comment on the thread of

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>> https:/ / github. com/ haskell/ random/ pull/ 62#issuecomment-638088258 ( https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258 )

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>>

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>> Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter,

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>> I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be

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>> deleted.

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>>

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>> Profpatsch < notifications@ github. com ( notifications@github.com ) > writes:

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>>

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>> > @cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at

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>> https:/ / github. com/ idontgetoutmuch/ random/ pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed ( https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed ) ,

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>> notice the amount of discussion and the timeline.

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>> >

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>> > This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts,

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>> probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily.

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>> > It cannot just be discarded out of hand.

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>> >

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>> > I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue

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>> trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of

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>> `random` as a base package.

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>>

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>> A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at

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>> https:/ / github. com/ haskell/ random/ pull/ 61 ( https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61 )

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>>

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>> I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for

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>> the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is

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>> extremely detrimental to it.

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>>

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>> I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to

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>> add your voice publicly.

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>>

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>> ~ Profpatsch

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Alexey Kuleshevich

12:43 p.m.

I believe I was the person who initiated this whole thing therefore I feel responsible to make this conversation stop as well. I totally understand what Carter is going through, my whole family lives in the US and I have many friends living in NY. I also understand that Carter has various issues, which he has shared with everyone over various channels. Carter, I really do feel compassionate for you and do personally feel bad that you have to deal with all those problems. I truly hope that you can stay strong and be able to move forward despite them. That being said, I also hope you understand that this does not mean that other members of the community have to suffer because of it. If you can't do a job, it doesn't really matter why, what matters is that you should not stay in a way when someone is willing to step up and do it for you. Many people came forward recognizing multiple issues with a way Carter maintained community projects over the years. This was brought to the attention of CLC and there was a decision made yesterday to replace Carter as maintainer of `random` and `vector` packages. Members of CLC contacted me together with others who participated in this initiative to improve `random`, namely Dominic Stenitz, Leonhard Markert, Alexey Khudyakov and myself, and we were asked to take over the maintainership of `random`. With regards to maintainership of `vector`, it was offered to Alexey Khudyakov and myself as well. If I understand correctly Carter is still a member of CLC, and if so he still has the authority and responsibilities that any other member of the committee possess and he is welcome to continue to oversee our work on those packages, but any maintenance related questions please address to myself and other maintainers. I personally prefer to keep as much communication public for public projects, therefore feel free to get in touch me either on newly created gitter: https://gitter.im/haskell/vector or on the corresponding issue tracker for more technical discussions. Sincerely, Alexey Kuleshevich ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, June 5, 2020 2:06 PM, Zemyla wrote:

...

So you're saying that the fact that there's basically a civil war and pandemic going on is no excuse to respond to e-mails. And you're calling his behavior "tyrannous" when there are literal tyrants shooting tear gas at civilians.

I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 02:18 Fumiaki Kinoshita wrote:

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For example video call is not a great method for me because of the following reasons:

* I'm not a good English speaker (especially I sometimes have difficulty with colloquial American English) * I live in a different timezone * I prefer open communication

Although it's totally fine that you have a preference, I have no doubt that core library maintenance should have more acceptance and transparency.

I hesitated talking about this because issues might get locked/edited/deleted, and the participants might get accused of being "thick headed assholes" again like you did in https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/267#issuecomment-579588727, but I must say: Frankly, it feels extremely unfair that you ask us to focus on "technical matters" (which excludes maintenance for some reason) only, while you frequently use non-technical reasons (your diseases and the situation in New York) as an excuse. Your asthma doesn't rub me in the wrong way; your tyrannous behaviour does. With all due respect I suggest you not to use CLC privileges to cope with your personal stresses.

2020年6月5日(金) 7:29 Carter Schonwald :

...
and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald wrote:

...
i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

...
chessai . writes:

...
Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

...
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer wrote:

> I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the > current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public > discussion of a "personnel" matter. > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote: > >> >> I posted this comment on the thread of >> https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258 >> >> Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, >> I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be >> deleted. >> >> Profpatsch writes: >> >> > @cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at >> https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, >> notice the amount of discussion and the timeline. >> > >> > This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, >> probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. >> > It cannot just be discarded out of hand. >> > >> > I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue >> trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of >> `random` as a base package. >> >> A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at >> https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61 >> >> I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for >> the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is >> extremely detrimental to it. >> >> I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to >> add your voice publicly. >> >> ~ Profpatsch >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> Libraries@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > Libraries@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >

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Fumiaki Kinoshita

4:10 p.m.

...

I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a

...

This was brought to the attention of CLC and there was a decision made yesterday to replace Carter as maintainer of `random` and `vector`

First of all, I must apologise for using unnecessarily aggressive words. Also I apologise for making a statement which was interpreted the other way around; I'm really sorry about these. As a Haskell user who maintains a number of packages ( http://hackage.haskell.org/user/FumiakiKinoshita) and tends packages my company is using, I keep track of their dependencies too. When I stumbled upon the moment where the participants of the discussion were insulted and directed to "go away" by Carter, and then the entire issue gets deleted, I didn't condemn it because I thought maybe he's just having a bad day. But when I realised that he's locking an issue again and blocking further contributions, "tyrannous" was the word which came to my mind with rekindled anger, but it was clearly a huge mistake considering what's happening in the part of the civilisation. little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management. Zemyla, I understand your sentiment. I just wanted to protect the opportunities for people to contribute, but my value system is probably broken in many ways. Feel free to block me on GitHub or blame me whenever I'm being problematic. packages. Members of CLC contacted me together with others who participated in this initiative to improve `random`, namely Dominic Stenitz, Leonhard Markert, Alexey Khudyakov and myself, and we were asked to take over the maintainership of `random`. With regards to maintainership of `vector`, it was offered to Alexey Khudyakov and myself as well. Thank you very much for describing the situation explicitly. Status of the part of the ecosystem being obscure was what has been making me anxious; I'm happy to see that now everyone knows who to get in touch. Lastly Carter, I acknowledge your substantial contribution to the Haskell ecosystem and I feel for the stress and diseases you go through. From the time when I started writing Haskell many years ago, random and vector were substantial parts of my Haskell experience. I believe that everyone feels safe to talk about purely technical matters and also how to move things forward. 2020年6月5日(金) 21:43 Alexey Kuleshevich :

...

I believe I was the person who initiated this whole thing therefore I feel responsible to make this conversation stop as well.

I totally understand what Carter is going through, my whole family lives in the US and I have many friends living in NY. I also understand that Carter has various issues, which he has shared with everyone over various channels.

Carter, I really do feel compassionate for you and do personally feel bad that you have to deal with all those problems. I truly hope that you can stay strong and be able to move forward despite them. That being said, I also hope you understand that this does not mean that other members of the community have to suffer because of it. If you can't do a job, it doesn't really matter why, what matters is that you should not stay in a way when someone is willing to step up and do it for you.

Many people came forward recognizing multiple issues with a way Carter maintained community projects over the years. This was brought to the attention of CLC and there was a decision made yesterday to replace Carter as maintainer of `random` and `vector` packages. Members of CLC contacted me together with others who participated in this initiative to improve `random`, namely Dominic Stenitz, Leonhard Markert, Alexey Khudyakov and myself, and we were asked to take over the maintainership of `random`. With regards to maintainership of `vector`, it was offered to Alexey Khudyakov and myself as well.

If I understand correctly Carter is still a member of CLC, and if so he still has the authority and responsibilities that any other member of the committee possess and he is welcome to continue to oversee our work on those packages, but any maintenance related questions please address to myself and other maintainers. I personally prefer to keep as much communication public for public projects, therefore feel free to get in touch me either on newly created gitter: https://gitter.im/haskell/vector or on the corresponding issue tracker for more technical discussions.

Sincerely, Alexey Kuleshevich

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, June 5, 2020 2:06 PM, Zemyla wrote:

So you're saying that the fact that there's basically a civil war and pandemic going on is no excuse to respond to e-mails. And you're calling his behavior "tyrannous" when there are literal tyrants shooting tear gas at civilians.

I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 02:18 Fumiaki Kinoshita wrote:

...
For example video call is not a great method for me because of the following reasons:

* I'm not a good English speaker (especially I sometimes have difficulty with colloquial American English) * I live in a different timezone * I prefer open communication

Although it's totally fine that you have a preference, I have no doubt that core library maintenance should have more acceptance and transparency.

I hesitated talking about this because issues might get locked/edited/deleted, and the participants might get accused of being "thick headed assholes" again like you did in https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/267#issuecomment-579588727, but I must say: Frankly, it feels extremely unfair that you ask us to focus on "technical matters" (which excludes maintenance for some reason) only, while you frequently use non-technical reasons (your diseases and the situation in New York) as an excuse. Your asthma doesn't rub me in the wrong way; your tyrannous behaviour does. With all due respect I suggest you not to use CLC privileges to cope with your personal stresses.

2020年6月5日(金) 7:29 Carter Schonwald :

...
and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald < carter.schonwald@gmail.com> wrote:

...
i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

...
chessai . writes:

...
Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

...
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer

wrote:

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> I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the > current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public > discussion of a "personnel" matter. > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch

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> >> >> I posted this comment on the thread of >> https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258 >> >> Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, >> I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be >> deleted. >> >> Profpatsch writes: >> >> > @cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at >> https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed, >> notice the amount of discussion and the timeline. >> > >> > This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, >> probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. >> > It cannot just be discarded out of hand. >> > >> > I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue >> trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over

wrote: maintainership of

...
>> `random` as a base package. >> >> A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at >> https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61 >> >> I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for >> the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is >> extremely detrimental to it. >> >> I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to >> add your voice publicly. >> >> ~ Profpatsch >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> Libraries@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > Libraries@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >

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Carter Schonwald

4:26 p.m.

Thanks I appreciate that. This has been a stressful week for me, and I’ve tried to avoid looking at these threads to avoid crying or otherwise having a little bit of a nervous breakdown. Definitely am crying as I write this. I do hope the new maintainers do well to juggle not breaking users while making these libraries ever better. It’s something I more time than I care to admit trying to see clearly how to navigate. On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:12 PM Fumiaki Kinoshita wrote:

...

First of all, I must apologise for using unnecessarily aggressive words. Also I apologise for making a statement which was interpreted the other way around; I'm really sorry about these.

As a Haskell user who maintains a number of packages ( http://hackage.haskell.org/user/FumiakiKinoshita) and tends packages my company is using, I keep track of their dependencies too. When I stumbled upon the moment where the participants of the discussion were insulted and directed to "go away" by Carter, and then the entire issue gets deleted, I didn't condemn it because I thought maybe he's just having a bad day. But when I realised that he's locking an issue again and blocking further contributions, "tyrannous" was the word which came to my mind with rekindled anger, but it was clearly a huge mistake considering what's happening in the part of the civilisation.

...
I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management. Zemyla, I understand your sentiment. I just wanted to protect the opportunities for people to contribute, but my value system is probably broken in many ways. Feel free to block me on GitHub or blame me whenever I'm being problematic.

...
This was brought to the attention of CLC and there was a decision made yesterday to replace Carter as maintainer of `random` and `vector` packages. Members of CLC contacted me together with others who participated in this initiative to improve `random`, namely Dominic Stenitz, Leonhard Markert, Alexey Khudyakov and myself, and we were asked to take over the maintainership of `random`. With regards to maintainership of `vector`, it was offered to Alexey Khudyakov and myself as well.

Thank you very much for describing the situation explicitly. Status of the part of the ecosystem being obscure was what has been making me anxious; I'm happy to see that now everyone knows who to get in touch.

Lastly Carter, I acknowledge your substantial contribution to the Haskell ecosystem and I feel for the stress and diseases you go through. From the time when I started writing Haskell many years ago, random and vector were substantial parts of my Haskell experience. I believe that everyone feels safe to talk about purely technical matters and also how to move things forward.

2020年6月5日(金) 21:43 Alexey Kuleshevich :

...
I believe I was the person who initiated this whole thing therefore I feel responsible to make this conversation stop as well.

I totally understand what Carter is going through, my whole family lives in the US and I have many friends living in NY. I also understand that Carter has various issues, which he has shared with everyone over various channels.

Carter, I really do feel compassionate for you and do personally feel bad that you have to deal with all those problems. I truly hope that you can stay strong and be able to move forward despite them. That being said, I also hope you understand that this does not mean that other members of the community have to suffer because of it. If you can't do a job, it doesn't really matter why, what matters is that you should not stay in a way when someone is willing to step up and do it for you.

Many people came forward recognizing multiple issues with a way Carter maintained community projects over the years. This was brought to the attention of CLC and there was a decision made yesterday to replace Carter as maintainer of `random` and `vector` packages. Members of CLC contacted me together with others who participated in this initiative to improve `random`, namely Dominic Stenitz, Leonhard Markert, Alexey Khudyakov and myself, and we were asked to take over the maintainership of `random`. With regards to maintainership of `vector`, it was offered to Alexey Khudyakov and myself as well.

If I understand correctly Carter is still a member of CLC, and if so he still has the authority and responsibilities that any other member of the committee possess and he is welcome to continue to oversee our work on those packages, but any maintenance related questions please address to myself and other maintainers. I personally prefer to keep as much communication public for public projects, therefore feel free to get in touch me either on newly created gitter: https://gitter.im/haskell/vector or on the corresponding issue tracker for more technical discussions.

Sincerely, Alexey Kuleshevich

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, June 5, 2020 2:06 PM, Zemyla wrote:

So you're saying that the fact that there's basically a civil war and pandemic going on is no excuse to respond to e-mails. And you're calling his behavior "tyrannous" when there are literal tyrants shooting tear gas at civilians.

I gotta admit, this makes me disinclined to believe you're acting in good faith. Sometimes shit happens to good people, and someone who can't show a little compassion in these (pardon the cliche) unprecedented times is not someone I want anywhere involved in package management.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 02:18 Fumiaki Kinoshita wrote:

...
For example video call is not a great method for me because of the following reasons:

* I'm not a good English speaker (especially I sometimes have difficulty with colloquial American English) * I live in a different timezone * I prefer open communication

Although it's totally fine that you have a preference, I have no doubt that core library maintenance should have more acceptance and transparency.

I hesitated talking about this because issues might get locked/edited/deleted, and the participants might get accused of being "thick headed assholes" again like you did in https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/267#issuecomment-579588727, but I must say: Frankly, it feels extremely unfair that you ask us to focus on "technical matters" (which excludes maintenance for some reason) only, while you frequently use non-technical reasons (your diseases and the situation in New York) as an excuse. Your asthma doesn't rub me in the wrong way; your tyrannous behaviour does. With all due respect I suggest you not to use CLC privileges to cope with your personal stresses.

2020年6月5日(金) 7:29 Carter Schonwald :

...
and more details to follow in a few days, i'm pretty fried, there was a police shooting this morning 1 block from my aparment plus a whole mess of stuff going on in lowermanhattan where i live most of the time this week thats got me on edge and stressed out of my gourd.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM Carter Schonwald < carter.schonwald@gmail.com> wrote:

...
i've added a few folks at uploader/contributor bits, and this is generally something all core libraries need. i really prefer discussion via video call or voice chat or 1-1 neutral language..

yesterday i was pretty laid up with some pretty bad asthma etc and allergy drugs, and I'm sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way .

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM Profpatsch wrote:

...
chessai . writes:

> Yes, please contact me about these concerns. I am reachable via email at > chessai1996@gmail.com.

Great, I’m looking forward to seeing this matter resolved swiftly.

I am a fan of discussing community matters openly, but everybody can of course decide whether they want to speak up publicly or privately talk to a trustee.

> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 PM David Feuer wrote: > >> I urge everyone to direct all further comments on this topic to the >> current chair of the CLC. There is nothing to be gained from public >> discussion of a "personnel" matter. >> >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 10:03 AM Profpatsch wrote: >> >>> >>> I posted this comment on the thread of >>> https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/62#issuecomment-638088258 >>> >>> Since it was deleted and the comment thread locked by Carter, >>> I am escalating this request to the mailing list, where it cannot be >>> deleted. >>> >>> Profpatsch writes: >>> >>> > @cartazio Please take even a fleeting look at >>> https://github.com/idontgetoutmuch/random/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed , >>> notice the amount of discussion and the timeline. >>> > >>> > This is the full-time work of a team of half a dozen of experts, >>> probably breaching one man-year of effort, easily. >>> > It cannot just be discarded out of hand. >>> > >>> > I have been following the discussions (spread over mailinglists, issue >>> trackers and elsewhere), and I propose you hand over maintainership of >>> `random` as a base package. >>> >>> A parallel issue with relevant discussion can be found at >>> https://github.com/haskell/random/pull/61 >>> >>> I am writing this email from my personal account, because I fear for >>> the health of the Haskell ecosystem, and I think Carter’s behaviour is >>> extremely detrimental to it. >>> >>> I think a lot of other people feel the same way, so I encourage you to >>> add your voice publicly. >>> >>> ~ Profpatsch >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Libraries mailing list >>> Libraries@haskell.org >>> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> Libraries@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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Alexey Khudyakov
Alexey Kuleshevich
Carter Schonwald
chessai .
David Feuer
Fumiaki Kinoshita
Gershom B
Mathieu Boespflug
Profpatsch
Roman Cheplyaka
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