OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage
5 hours ago
- #repository-sabotage
- #community-conflict
- #open-source-disruption
- Distribution experienced disruptions due to internal conflicts.
- Davide Beatrici, a known figure from Mumble, joined and migrated repositories to his private OneDev instance, raising concerns about centralization.
- Two others joined with Davide, and one exhibited abusive behavior towards users, leading to departures and delayed intervention.
- After kicking the abuser from a chat, Davide and a friend left in protest, prompting disconnection from his private infrastructure.
- Davide, abusing admin privileges, sabotaged the distribution by deleting GitHub repositories and obsoleting packages, causing potential system damage.
- Team is working to restore deleted repositories and fix obsolete packages, conducting an audit with no other violations found.
- Communication aims for transparency, warning the open-source community about Davide's actions, with no legal action pursued despite criminal offense.