I know the feeling, it can be very destabilizing and sometimes frustrating to end up knowing from the sidelines about this kind of thing.. I guess Martin’s advice is great, but can’t always be used, although it *does* often end up being the best way to deal with conflict. It’s a professional, constructive and cooperative way of quickly resolving issues and probably even make new friends once things are “back to normal”.

I guess my take on it is that we also need to view things in a different way as contributors, and take comments (even if some can be downright wrong and mean) less personal.

We as members of the Ubuntu community all rock, both individually and as a community

With me I didnt know who it was so how was I to bring it up with them?

The first course of action is to bring your grievance up with the person in question in a private session.

If you feel you need support, one or two people from the community can be on hand to mediate.

Only when things get really bad is the community council called up.

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