Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-28 Thread Vincent Habchi
> On 28 Sep 2018, at 03:52, George Plymale II > wrote: > > Linux is arguably "capsizing" right now, to some extent. The drama > that's going on, between threats of lawsuits, possible forks, and > kicking out longtime leaders in the project... well, I'd say that > "capsizing" is perhaps an

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-27 Thread George Plymale II
Hi, Just wanted to respond to a few points made in the last few messages, so I'm combining my responses into a single message to avoid clutter. David Gilman writes: > What are some of these projects that capsized after adopting a code of > conduct? Linux is arguably "capsizing" right now, to

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-27 Thread David Gilman
What are some of these projects that capsized after adopting a code of conduct? On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 3:06 PM Vincent Habchi wrote: > > > In my experience, we in MacPorts-land don't have the obvious Linux issue. I > > hope others don't experience the MacPorts project (developers, users, > >

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-27 Thread Vincent Habchi
> In my experience, we in MacPorts-land don't have the obvious Linux issue. I > hope others don't experience the MacPorts project (developers, users, > commenters) as abusive in any medium (email lists, tickets / issues, PR's, in > person, whatever). - MLD In my experience :), when a project

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-27 Thread Michael Dickens
Related, sort of: < https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside > In my experience, we in MacPorts-land don't have the obvious Linux issue. I hope others don't experience the MacPorts project (developers, users, commenters) as

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-25 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:25:17 +0530 Jackson Isaac wrote: > Lately, I have seen open source projects have started adopting Code > of Conduct. [1], [2] > > I think it is a great step to keep the open source community healthy > and welcoming to everyone. I'm against these. They feel like loyalty

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-19 Thread Michael Dickens
I definitely agree that when a document enumerates examples -- even with the "including but not limited to" -- it sets the stage for your scenario. Thus, moving away from examples is probably wise. I, too, like the Ruby CoC: it's short and concise, stating the basic principles rather than

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-18 Thread George Plymale II
I'm fairly new in the MacPorts community, but I'd like to offer an opinion on this topic. Personally, I feel that CoC's like the Contributor Covenant, Postgres CoC, FreeBSD CoC, etc. are very... umm, let's just say strict. I think they read more like license terns than a set of guidelines on how

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-18 Thread Michael Dickens
I'll second that having a CoC isn't a bad idea. I like the shorter version < https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html >, which leaves room for our project to implement various parts as we see fit (the PostgreSQL CoC is, in my opinion, a little too specific in some

Re: Adding a Code of Conduct to MacPorts

2018-09-18 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Sep 18, 2018, at 09:55, Jackson Isaac wrote: > Lately, I have seen open source projects have started adopting Code of > Conduct. [1], [2] > > I think it is a great step to keep the open source community healthy > and welcoming to everyone. > > I would like to know what other developers