Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Robert Kern
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 6:04 AM Charles R Harris wrote: > I was opposed to having a list in the first place, because the longer such > a list is, the more significant the omissions become. And indeed, the > arguments I have seen for omitting "politics" are that one should be > allowed to discrimin

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Hameer Abbasi
> On 28. Jul 2018, at 00:02, Stefan van der Walt wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > A while ago, SciPy (the library) adopted its Code of Conduct: > https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/dev/conduct/code_of_conduct.html > > We worked hard to make that document friendly, while at the same time > st

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 10:04 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > A CoC has to pull a kind of double > duty: be friendly enough to digest for a newcomer and also be helpful to > project organizers to make tough balancing decisions. We don't have to > expect each sentence to pull that double duty on its own. I

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > What if someone is wearing a religious symbol? > > If one is concerned about horrible beliefs or opinions, there are a > good deal of them in many religious ("holy") books (*), yet CoCs are > generally meant to prohibit discrimination based

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Allan Haldane
On 08/02/2018 09:25 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:35 AM, Marten van Kerkwijk > mailto:m.h.vankerkw...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I think a legalistic focus on the letter rather than the spirit of > the code of conduct is not that helpful (and probably what makes if >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Chris Barker
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:35 AM, Marten van Kerkwijk < m.h.vankerkw...@gmail.com> wrote: > If we do end up with a different version, I'd prefer a really short one, > like just stating the golden rule (treat others as one would like to be > treated oneself). > Unfortunately, the golden rule is some

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 21:26:35 -0700 Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 8:34 PM, Ryan May wrote: > > So I hear all the arguments about people feeling unsafe due to some truly > > despicable, discriminatory behavior, and I want absolutely no parts of > > protecting that. However, I also

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:35 AM, Marten van Kerkwijk < m.h.vankerkw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think a legalistic focus on the letter rather than the spirit of the > code of conduct is not that helpful (and probably what makes if feel US > centric - funny how court systems end up shaping countries).

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 8:37 AM, Ralf Gommers > wrote: > > > > >> For another perspective on this issue see > >> https://where.coraline.codes/blog/oscon/, where Coraline Ada describes > her > >> reasons for not speaking at OSCON this year d

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 10:04 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 8:35 PM Ryan May wrote: > >> When experts say that something is a bad idea, and when the people who >>> a CoC is supposed to protect says it makes them feel unsafe, I feel >>> like we should listen to that. >>> >>> I al

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Charles R Harris
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 11:04 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 8:35 PM Ryan May wrote: > >> When experts say that something is a bad idea, and when the people who >>> a CoC is supposed to protect says it makes them feel unsafe, I feel >>> like we should listen to that. >>> >>> I al

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Sebastian Berg
On Thu, 2018-08-02 at 12:04 +0200, Sylvain Corlay wrote: > The "political belief" was recently removed from the Jupyter CoC. > > One reason for this decision is that Racism and Sexism are > increasingly considered as mainstream "political beliefs", and we > wanted to make it clear that people can

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Roadmap proposal, v3

2018-08-02 Thread Sebastian Berg
On Thu, 2018-08-02 at 05:47 -0700, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Stefan van der Walt ey.edu> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Please take a look at the latest roadmap proposal: > > > > https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/11611 > > > > This is a living document, so

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Roadmap proposal, v3

2018-08-02 Thread Ralf Gommers
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Stefan van der Walt wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Please take a look at the latest roadmap proposal: > > https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/11611 > > This is a living document, so can easily be modified in the future, but > we'd like to get in place a document that

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Marten van Kerkwijk
I think a legalistic focus on the letter rather than the spirit of the code of conduct is not that helpful (and probably what makes if feel US centric - funny how court systems end up shaping countries). My preference would be to keep exactly the scipy version, so that at least for these two highl

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

2018-08-02 Thread Sylvain Corlay
The "political belief" was recently removed from the Jupyter CoC. One reason for this decision is that *Racism and Sexism are increasingly considered as mainstream "political beliefs"*, and we wanted to make it clear that people can still be sanctioned for e.g. sexist or racist behavior when engag