On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 07:21:30PM +0000, Trevor wrote: > Phil Holmes wrote 08/02/2020 17:24:56 > Subject: Re: Add Code of Conduct [Another RFC or not now?] > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karlin High" <karlinh...@gmail.com > > > However, I'd like to hear from David Kastrup and James Lowe first. To me, > > > their opposition registered as the strongest. > > I remain strongly opposed to a CoC. > > > As do I. I'm quite sure we on this list are all perfectly capable of civil > and caring behaviour without having it spelled out in nanny-ish terms.
I've stayed silent since I'm not a contributor any more, but if there's an "I'm sparticus" moment happening, then I will go on record as saying that I think the proposed CoC is a mistake. I don't have any reasons that haven't been mentioned already, other than one meta-reason: proposals like this are very divisive. Trying to have this discussion in the middle of a "final sprint towards 2.20" was unfortunate. I speak from experience on that last point: after the 2012 developer meeting at David's ranch (I think that was the year), I was all fired up and started a round of divisive discussions (I think it was the "grand lilypond input syntax standardization"). Within 2-3 weeks, I had squandered all of the good feelings and energy sparked from that meeting. I view that as my worst blunder from all my years of involvement with LilyPond. Cheers, - Graham
