# Is there a way to punish a contributor / committer for a mistake?

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-punish-a-contributor-committer-for-a-mistake/48793
**Category:** Moderation
**Created:** [July 10, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-punish-a-contributor-committer-for-a-mistake/48793 "2024-07-10T08:48:24Z")
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### Author: ![Aleksanaa](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/aleksanaa/32/12953_2.png) [@Aleksanaa](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Aleksanaa)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-punish-a-contributor-committer-for-a-mistake/48793/4 "2024-07-10T18:24:59Z")

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> [@Constitutional Assembly: Interim Nixpkgs committer delegation team](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/constitutional-assembly-interim-nixpkgs-committer-delegation-team/48562):
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> To [ensure the continued delegation](https://nixpkgs.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/435724-governance/topic/New.20nixpkgs.20onboarding.20process/near/446222942) of Nixpkgs commit access, we’re appointing a new interim team: @Mic92@NickCao@jtojnarThis team is given the responsibility and authority of changing the list of [Nixpkgs committers](https://github.com/orgs/NixOS/teams/nixpkgs-committers). We’re letting this team define their own process, with some basic requirements: The process must be publicly documented, the initial process is documented [here](https://github.com/NixOS/org/blob/23ca634fca1a570f52e5499899fb5dd5de41c491/doc/nixpkgs-committers.md) Any change to the process must be unanimously agreed upon by all delegation team members Furthermore we give the …

If I understand the content of this resolution correctly, the committer delegation team is responsible for “changing” the committer list. So complaints about committers’ lack of technical and communication skills should be resolved by them, and decide whether to remove problematic committers. Of course, reports of their words and deeds not being in compliance with the CoC should still be handled by the moderation team.

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