[$] Handling attacks on a community

A recent message tothe debian-project mailing list by Debian project leader (DPL) Sam Hartman isabout a proposal to moderate the mailing list. There have been repeatedattacks on various project members and the distribution itself posted tothe list over the last few years, many from sock-puppet, throwaway email accounts, which spawned a recent discussion onthe debian-private mailing list; Hartman was summarizing that discussionfor those who are not on the private list. But the problems ondebian-project (and other Debian public lists) are kind of just the tip ofthe iceberg; there is an ongoing, persistent effort to roil thedistribution and its community.