Many such wishes I've seen proposed are big departures and would alienate different sets of people, or pose notable practical/logistical challenges to fulfill. Resources and time are already going to be stretched super thin as it is.
The early days of a community fork, and establishing a sense of fresh unity, are absolutely critical. Anything that divides folks further by way of fractal levels of tribalism merely drains its lifeblood while it's still finding its feet and its identity.
- One of the release managers (myself) was banned/suspended [1]
- Attempts to assert control on the board's decision-making by proxy group [2]
- Use of social media to target individuals [3]
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/1cd5fod/in_case_im_u...
2: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/objection-to-minority-represen...
I hope a compromise will be found, and that you'll be back on NixOS as soon as possible!
"Use of social media to target individuals" sounds like some internet personality doxxed you, or sicced their followers on you.
But it looks like... someone linked your own public comments from a Nix Discourse thread, and then the board rejected your bid to join them?
Apparently this Jon Ringer guy has it out for you, as much as anyone else. He keeps sabotaging you and putting words in your mouth. /s
Reading your comments, I'm continually reminded of MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will." It's clear you still haven't educated yourself on the issues around representation, and the distortions of "meritocracy" in a world where we didn't all get to race from the same starting line.
Though, this is not an effort that can be undertaken by one person. My goal is publishing this page was to create a set of values, goals, and a roadmap for people (like myself) who would otherwise be leaving the Nix ecosystem due to its shortcomings. These values, goals, and roadmap can then be used for alignment to actually make it a reality. I worried that if these things weren't specified up front that people would instead continue arguing in circles about past problems rather than building a solution.
Was this created by just you, or is there already a team?
All my systems are managed with it:
https://github.com/jakehamilton/config
And I have created projects like Snowfall Lib to make working with certain features easier:
Kindness
The project should be welcoming and a safe place for people to participate.
The younger generations do not get the concept of "respect"! They need to respect those who've done the most work and not feel entitled that a small contribution to something makes them equal rights owners!