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From: "Arsen Arsenović" <arsen@aarsen.me>
To: David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>
Cc: David Brown <david@westcontrol.com>, gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Will GCC eventually learn to use BSR or even TZCNT on AMD/Intel processors?
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:43:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ttvk3006.fsf@aarsen.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGWvnyk49_CG0spdQ0i80rnnDUw9yxTaUwE2LYEZXYJfO7pZ6Q@mail.gmail.com>

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David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> writes:

> The GNU Toolchain leadership has blacklisted people in the past, but we
> have used the power sparingly.
>
> The behavior of the individual attracts attention, albeit negative, while
> not effectively accomplishing what he purports to desire.  The recommended
> solution is to ignore the poster instead of trying to encourage him to
> communicate more effectively.

IMO, the sparing usage of this power on what are clearly purely abusive
participants can only drive away users and contributors.  It seems
reasonable to establish a process for dealing with incidents like this
(and appeals, of course), especially given their frecency.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-06 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-06  8:36 Julian Waters
2023-06-06 12:53 ` Paul Smith
2023-06-06 15:37   ` David Brown
2023-06-06 17:39     ` David Edelsohn
2023-06-06 18:43       ` Arsen Arsenović [this message]
2023-06-08 11:36         ` Mark Wielaard
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-06-05 12:55 Julian Waters
2023-06-05 10:17 Stefan Kanthak
2023-06-05 10:33 ` Jonathan Wakely
2023-06-05 11:35 ` Gabriel Ravier
2023-06-05 22:23   ` Dave Blanchard
2023-06-05 23:59     ` Gabriel Ravier
2023-06-06  0:09       ` Dave Blanchard
2023-06-06  0:28         ` Gabriel Ravier
2023-06-06  0:28         ` Paul Koning
2023-06-06  7:57         ` Jonathan Wakely
2023-06-06  8:31         ` David Brown

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