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Who are you talking about? Hans?

"According to Hans, "many people" have expressed "concerns" about me -- though for some reason not during the period expressly meant for people to voice those, apparently only to him in private, mysteriously never mentioned before now, and that cannot be named for some reason.

Concerns that are simultaneously both too unimportant to address so I can defend myself (and apparently not an issue for me joining ComCo), yet more than enough for Hans to unilaterally block me from getting Maintainer status on gitlab, even though the board -- including Hans -- voted to grant me that, which Hans then blocked for weeks using a myriad of counterfactuals as justification."

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The author, who notes:

> Sadly, this is not a single incident -- if it was I would still believe things could be fixed -- but a pattern of behaviour that has continued for years. I've tried to be patient, hoping we could still resolve things, give everyone the benefit of the doubt as I constantly have. But clearly, this is not possible as long as Hans refuses any and all accountability for his actions, and any attempts at mediation to resolve the interpersonal friction and conflicts. > > Hans' actions have repeatedly hurt me (and others)

This post is light on details. If there were many incidents, some details would be available.

And the fact several other people have resigned?

Trouble travels in packs.

Ridiculous. This is 3 out of 4 ComCo members - which were vetted only a few months ago - and Hans and others are unable to provide any explanation, not even to those whose reputation is questioned by him and only him (when he is far from being a neutral arbiter).

This is worse character assassination than any "woke" bullshit. But thanks for outing yourself as someone completey unserious.

I'm not suggesting the aggrieved party is making false accusations. I just don't understand the intent behind a public letter that has no details/references.

Who is the intended audience? How are they meant to evaluate the letter?

The intended audience is the Fdroid team, not any of us.

I feel silly for getting involved!

I see OP now mentions this:

> Edit 3: please note that this statement was originally addressed to the F-Droid team, not a general audience.

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