Perhaps we ought to take the best bits of both and stick it in a wiki page where we can collaboratively edit. There are a few things from my notes that I likely want to add in addition to both.
On 29 April 2014 16:58, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I ask folks who prefer the Django one to the Debian one specially > why? Is there something in Django's that's not in Debian's? Is there stuff > in the Debian one that people don't like explicitlly? > > For me, I agree the Django one is shorter and better formatted, but it > seemed to cover less ground than the Debian one. > > -Joan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick North" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 9:30:48 AM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache CouchDB Developer Code of Conduct > > +1 on the CoC idea. I also like the Django example as a starting point. And > definitely +1 on no profanity - plenty of people are offended by it, and > that in itself should be enough to rule it out. It also adds nothing to the > process of communicating ideas to the community. > > Nick > > > On 29 April 2014 13:15, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Mike Rhodes <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > On 29 April 2014 11:18, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Rule: No profanity >> > > >> > > Secondly, this is only a suspicion, but I think profanity (and also >> cocky >> > > faux hatred), is a shibboleth indicating manhood and that we are in a >> > > men-only club. It's like a loud fart or belch, or scratching your >> groin. >> > > Men generally curb that behavior in mixed company. It reminds me of >> bulls >> > > locking horns to impress a mate. Maybe F-bombs and the anger it stands >> > for >> > > are scaring some women away from software. Could be wrong, though. >> > >> > +1 to guidance against profanity, particularly casual. Crassness is >> > unpleasant. >> > >> > -1 to casual sexism that women don't swear, fart or scratch their >> crotches. >> > I know you didn't mean harm, but this trap is too easy to fall into and >> is >> > relevant here. >> > >> >> Well anyway I'm glad there's some momentum (if not yet consensus) to this >> idea. Thanks. >> -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
