Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing the Proctors - Draft Code of Conduct for Gentoo

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen]

On Wednesday 14 March 2007 01:25, Grant Goodyear wrote:
> Ubuntu uses "Community Council".  I suggested "Community Relations".
> *Shrug*
"Community Relations" sounds fine to me.
>
> Here's my problem with it: essentially what you're arguing for the
> proctors to be is the same as what devrel should be (at least for the
> part of devrel that is supposed to be looking after community
> standards).  If you're creating a new group because of distrust of
> devrel, then it makes more sense to either fix devrel (assuming it needs
> fixing), or disband that part, or put your trust in devrel's current
> incarnation.  (My personal view is that we've had a nearly complete
> turnover in devrel multiple times since the last set of significant
> problems, so people should give them a chance, but I realize it's not my
> call to make.)  In any event, the fact that devrel/proctor/whatever
> decisions can be appealed to the council actually does makes claims of
> bias less tenable.
Yeah, that was my argument as well. 

I fear new rules are not going to change that. In my eyes the essential thing 
is that we have strong body (devrel/comrel/protctors) to encourage people to 
follow policy (wether new or old). Making devs live up to higher standards as 
a good example would also be encouraging to the process I think.

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Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (Jaervosz)