Hello, Ricardo Wurmus writes:
> Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: > > [...] > >> In commit e15fcdd, I added a ‘CODE-OF-CONDUCT’ file taken from >> <http://contributor-covenant.org/>, which is essentially a way of >> telling the lurkers out there: yes, we do our best to be welcoming and >> we’re committed to doing so, so join us! The [email protected] >> address it mentions is currently an alias for [email protected] (though I’d >> like it to become more than just me!). > > Thank your for this! > > The code of conduct itself sounds good; but the sentence in the manual > is a little hard to read and a little meandering, in my opinion. > >> +In the interest of welcoming everyone who thinks this is a great project >> +to contribute to---which it is, indeed!---contributors express their >> +commitment to providing a warm, friendly, and harassment-free experience >> +by agreeing to our ``Contributor Covenant'', adapted from >> +@url{http://contributor-covenant.org/}, and which can be found in the >> +@file{CODE-OF-CONDUCT} file in the source tree. >> + > > I find it hard to suggest better wording, but I think there’s a lot in > this sentence and it might be better to split it up or simplify it a > little. Maybe splitting it into two sentences would be clearer? E.g.: > >> We welcome everyone to contribute to this project. To maintain(?) a >> warm, friendly, and harassment-free experience, contributers agree to >> our ``Contributor Covenant'' (adapted from >> @url{http://contributor-covenant.org/}), which can be found in the >> @file{CODE-OF-CONDUCT} file in the source tree. > > Admittedly it doesn’t have the charms of the original version, but I > find the latter somewhat clearer. What do you think? > > ~~ Ricardo In an attempt to be helpful, here a further suggestion; take it or leave it as you see fit (happy to patchify it). >> We want to provide a warm, friendly and harassment-free environment, >> so that anyone can contribute to the best of their abilities. To >> this end our project uses a ``Contributor Covenant'', which was >> adopted from @url{http://contributor-covenant.org/}. You can find a >> local version version in the @file{CODE-OF-CONDUCT} file in the >> source tree. HTH, Alex
