On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 19:59 +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote: > 3) Most devrel requests seem really to relate to CoC violations. Would > you like us to bounce those to the CoC people, process them using CoC > rules, or keep doing what we are doing now (generally, close them with a > note explaining why or mediate them)? (I'm talking about the "He's > being rude/sarcastic/disrespectful" sorts of things which really need to > be processed immediately and merit a warning or brief suspension if > anything.)
How hard is it to realize that the CoC is a superset of DevRel (and
other) policies?
If someone breaks DevRel policy ("be good to each other") that also
happens to be a CoC rule and someone reports it to DevRel, they should
actually *do* something about it, rather than trying to pass it off onto
someone else or spend months engaging in witless banter about whether
there's even an issue or not. After all, when the CoC was enacted,
never once was it said that it would override DevRel or otherwise make
DevRel invalid. If someone comes to DevRel with a problem, you're
supposed to try to work out the issue with them. It really is that
simple. There's no need for some kind of territorial pissing match or
passing the buck.
Someone came to DevRel for help because they think DevRel can help them
and it is DevRel's job to do so. The CoC was put in place to allow for
catching bad behaviors *before* they would get to DevRel, without
requiring someone to necessarily "report" the issue. Once a developer
has reported an issue to DevRel, it's their job to work it using their
own policies, as it then becomes a DevRel issue. The two things serve
somewhat different purposes. The CoC was designed to curb or prevent
bad behavior, where DevRel's job is to prevent bad behavior from
recurring, or taking disciplinary action when necessary for repeat
offenders.
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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering Strategic Lead
Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams
Games Developer/Foundation Trustee
Gentoo Foundation
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