Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> writes: > Second, and more to the point that I was trying to make, if indeed you > need social and writing skills to be able to reach positions of power in > Debian, then it's reasonable to assume people with the kind of behaviour > this code of conduct wants to encourage would be more likely to reach > such a position of power (if not, then either something is wrong with > our community, or we would need to put more work in improving the text).
Yes, this part I do agree with. And in general I'm in favor of a code of conduct, both for that reason and because I think it helps move us closer to decisions based on merits by helping suppress some social tendencies that reduce involvement and put unnecessary barriers in front of people. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8761reuss1....@windlord.stanford.edu
