In my perception you went too far in trying to prove that rgs way of dealing with the job he accepted was wrong.

I don't understand this. What have I written that suggests that I am trying to prove that anyone is doing a bad job?

I like Rafael. I respect Rafael. I believe Rafael and the other pumpkings deserve far more respect and appreciation than they get.

I believe the Perl 5 development process is unsustainable, that it hurts the further development of Perl 5, and that it burns out volunteers while discouraging new developers. I don't like that. I have concerns about the future of Perl (and not just Perl 5). I want to see the language and the community succeed, and I invest my time and resources and, yes, even my code to those ends.

I'll take my lumps for saying stupid things and for saying wrong things and for losing my cool sometimes and saying mean, sarcastic, and hurtful things. Tell me what they are and I'll apologize for them. I'll take that blame.

In return, I get told to shut up and go away. I get told to write code instead of talking. I get called a liar and a conspirator. I get labeled deaf and hysterical. I get accused of libel, of trolling, of marketing (?), and of deliberate sabotage. I get threatened with having certain existing accepted patches forcibly removed. I get called dangerously naïve, someone with stupid, crappy ideas only inexperienced novices could possibly believe. I get accused of having hidden agendas, including trying to destroy someone's volunteer work by chasing him away. I get told I should be pleased because I made someone quit working on something he and I both work on and want to see succeed.

I refuse to take that blame.

(If you really want to drive someone away from a project, I believe it's more effective to attack them personally rather than discussing technical decisions and goals and priorities. That's why I try so very often never to attack people.)

Update: Added "deaf", "hysterical", "crappy", and "stupid".

In reply to How to Drive Away a Contributor by chromatic
in thread When comment turns into disaster by Tux

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