Plasma team social health

[Valorie Zimmerman]

Hi folks,

I'm writing to the Plasma devel list on behalf of the CWG because
worries from lots of individual team members and former members have
come our way. Another person came to me today and pasted part of the
IRC backlog from earlier today.

Disagreements always happen; what matters is how those disagreements
are dealt with. It seems to me that trust has broken down, and so the
'thinking together' that has made the Plasma development team so
central to the KDE community, and the software we produce, is in some
danger. How can we change that?

We're in a bit of a quandary. How can we help? We would appreciate
some ideas either here on the devel list, or addressed to our private
list. Pointing fingers and assigning blame is not our goal. What we
want is some ideas about how to rebuild trust so that the Plasma devel
team can be happy and healthy, and welcoming to new members.

We're interested in hearing from those at the center of some of the
disagreements, and those of bystanders as well. Where there has been
heat and hurt feelings, we'd like to see light and reconciliation. If
you write to us privately, venting and anger are ok; we can handle it,
and it will go no further. So we are hoping to hear from everyone who
has input.

In the spirit of the new year,

Valorie

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