Re: Code of Conduct plan

James Keener <jim@jimkeener.com>

From: James Keener <jim@jimkeener.com>
To: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>
Cc: Ilya Kosmodemiansky <ik@dataegret.com>, Robert Eckhardt <reckhardt@pivotal.io>, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>, Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, pgsql-advocacy@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2018-09-14T14:52:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
> To many of us, we absolutely are a community. Remember, there are people
> here who have been around for 20+ years, of which many have become close
> friends, having started working on PostgreSQL as a hobby. We have always
> seen the project as a community of like-minded technologists, and welcome
> others that wish to join, whether just to ask a single question or to hang
> around for the next 20 years. I do see your viewpoint, but I would counter
> that coming here for help (for example) is quite different from calling
> tech support at a vendor.
>

I fail to see how that makes everyone here part of a community anymore than
I'm part of the "community" of regulars at a bar I walk into for the first
time.

As I said, the rules can and should apply within the list, but applying
them outside the list is odd and wreaks of authoritarianism.

Jim