The team responsible for managing accounts in the project Debian, cut Norbert Preining's status for inappropriate behavior on a private mailing list. debian-private. In response, Norbert decided to stop participating in the development Debian and go to the Arch community LinuxNorbert was involved in the development Debian since 2005 and has been maintaining around 150 packages, mostly related to KDE and LaTex.
Apparently, the reason for the privilege reduction was a conflict with Martina Ferrari, who maintains 37 packages, including the net-tools package and components of the Prometheus monitoring system. Norbert's outspoken manner was perceived by Martina as sexist and a violation of the community code of conduct. Previous disagreements with Lars Wirzenius, one of the original maintainers, may have also influenced the decision. Debian GNU/Linux, related to Norbert's disagreement with the policy of imposing political correctness and criticism of the actions of Sarah Sharp.
Norbert believes the atmosphere within the project has become toxic, and the actions taken against him are a reaction to him expressing his opinion and calling things by their proper names, without following the general line of political correctness. Norbert also noted the double standards within the community: on the one hand, he is accused of bullying other project participants, while on the other, they unleash a campaign of harassment against him, exploiting his privileged position within the management teams and failing to adhere to the community's own standards.
Source: opennet.ru
