On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 13:33 +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote: > Also part of the "maturity" point. Perhaps we all just need to grow up? ;)
I do think we have a significantly lower average age than the Linux Kernel developer group. This probably plays a significant role in how things go on around here. > This is an important point that I hadn't considered. It kind of resembles > the affect of bad press coverage you mentioned earlier. I'm not sure that > there's much that can be done about it though - at least not in the short > term. I think some gentle prodding by non-proctors (I know I'll be doing this) for people to keep on-topic might help. I'm sure it won't prevent every flame from starting, but it might help some, and at this point, we need all the help that we can get. > Perhaps a code of conduct should be created that discusses how one should > behave rather than how one should not. Taking cues from member of LKML that > show maturity as well as other communities that do well, it could cover what > is expected in the situations where we are failing and extended as needed. We actually have revised the code to read differently. You should check it out at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/coc.xml to see how it has changed. Also, we are planning on reviewing it again prior to the next meeting. I suggest that people take suggestions/comments on the current incarnation on the gentoo-council mailing list, where it belongs. > What do you think? -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation
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