Re: Code of Conduct plan

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, James Keener <jim@jimkeener.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2018-06-05T16:36:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
On 06/05/2018 09:32 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> James Keener <jim@jimkeener.com> writes:
>> I don't participate too much here, but I've never see a group implement
>> a code of conduct go well.
> 
> Yeah, personally I'm a bit worried about this too.  The proposed CoC
> does contain provisions to try to prevent misusing it, but whether those
> are strong enough remains to be seen --- and it'll depend a good deal
> on the judgment of the committee members.  We have a provision in there
> for periodic review of the CoC, and it'll be important to adjust it if
> we see abuses.

A community that has an exceedingly reasonable and popular CoC is Ubuntu:

https://www.ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct

JD


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