Re: removing toxic emailers

[Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:45 PM Christopher Dimech via Gcc
<gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Proposing the guidelines essentially means that the community accepts the fact
> that many of us are incapable of navigate everyday problems and dilemmas by making
> “right” decisions based on the use of good judgment and values rather than sterile
> sets of rules and conventions that typically disregard the individual, the particular,
> or the discrete.  Thusly, it is wrong to suggest that the problems are simply associated with RMS, FSF and GNU.

I think you are conflating two different things.  Iain was describing
general guidelines for communication, not saying anything about RMS,
FSF, or GNU.

Personally I would say that the purpose of communication guidelines
for GCC mailing lists is not for existing members of the community.
As several people have said, the GCC mailing lists are normally civil.
It is to provide a mechanism for blocking people whose goal is, for
whatever reason, to disrupt the community.  Such a mechanism requires
a lot of sensitivity to context and care on the part of the
moderators.  But it still helps to have a set of guidelines to refer
to.

Ian