Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-18 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Alexandre Buisse wrote: > The answer to that remark, and it has already been done in today's > discussions, is that we should follow the spirit of the law and not its > letter. But then, why do we need a Code of Conduct at all? There is > nothing in it that people don't

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-15 Thread Joris Van den Bogerd
On 3/15/07, Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2007 10:15, Jeff Gardner wrote: > > Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] But then, why do we need a Code of Conduct at all? > > I don't see as we need a CoC at all. The Etiquette policy should

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-15 Thread Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen
On Thursday 15 March 2007 10:15, Jeff Gardner wrote: > > Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] But then, why do we need a Code of Conduct at all? > > I don't see as we need a CoC at all. The Etiquette policy should > suffice. We're all adults here and we don't need another > babysi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-15 Thread George Prowse
Caleb Cushing wrote: I have no idea if it's possible but if a topic is deemed to be off topic then can any further replies with that subject be forwarded automatically to another address like gentoo-dev-offtopic so they dont go to gentoo-dev? I believe you can change the de

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-15 Thread Dominique Michel
Le Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:06:28 +0100, Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi all, > > I've been voicing my concern repeatedly on irc, and I believe that it > would probably be more effective here. > > I believe that the solution of adopting a Code of Conduct, especially in > this rush

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-15 Thread Jeff Gardner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] But then, why do we need a Code of Conduct at all? I don't see as we need a CoC at all. The Etiquette policy should suffice. We're all adults here and we don't need another babysitter^H^H^H^H^

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-15 Thread Kevin F. Quinn
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:06:28 +0100 Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] But then, why do we need a Code of Conduct at all? There > is nothing in it that people don't already know and if they choose to > still commit the offense, it's either that they don't think it's one > or that t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-14 Thread Caleb Cushing
I have no idea if it's possible but if a topic is deemed to be off topic then can any further replies with that subject be forwarded automatically to another address like gentoo-dev-offtopic so they dont go to gentoo-dev? I believe you can change the destination based on subject with an mta. th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-14 Thread George Prowse
Luca Barbato wrote: Alexandre Buisse wrote: I'm sorry to have been so long (and I have a lot more to say!) but this is more or less why I think both the idea and its proposed implementation are bad and will ultimately hurt us. I do agree and I add that this current thread so far is a g

Re: [gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-14 Thread Luca Barbato
Alexandre Buisse wrote: > I'm sorry to have been so long (and I have a lot more to say!) but this > is more or less why I think both the idea and its proposed > implementation are bad and will ultimately hurt us. I do agree and I add that this current thread so far is a good example on how things

[gentoo-dev] Why I don't think the CoC is a good idea

2007-03-14 Thread Alexandre Buisse
Hi all, I've been voicing my concern repeatedly on irc, and I believe that it would probably be more effective here. I believe that the solution of adopting a Code of Conduct, especially in this rushed way, will ultimately hurt us, and that the disadvantages far outweight the benefits. Our argu