Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Code of conduct

[Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina]

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On 10/01/2013 06:45 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2013, Andreas K Huettel wrote:
>
>> 2. Resume discussion on the new Code of Conduct [2-5]
>
> I'd like to resume the discussion already now, before the meeting.
>
> 1. I think that section "Limited list of bad behaviour examples" could
> be improved. In its current form, it is mostly redundant with the
> second paragraph of "Be respectful".
>
> Furthermore, it goes too far if the scope of that section applies to
> Gentoo mirrors, i.e. package content:
>
>   <ulm> scarabeus: section "examples of inappropriate behavior", could
>         you clarify what is considered as "public accessible areas"?
>         would gentoo mirrors count as such?
>   <scarabeus> oh yes, those do count
>   [quoted from log of 20130611 council meeting]
>
> This would imply mirror restriction for some of our packages
> (mostly fortune cookies and some artwork, but also packages like
> app-admin/sudo). However, with USE=offensive we already have a
> mechanism in place that covers such cases, so I believe that no
> further action is needed there.
>
Mirror restricting something like sudo because of the optional and
properly named offensive use flag is rediculous. Either this kind of
thing is okay and it stays, or we won't allow it and the flag should be
removed.  Please, sanity first, mirror restricting something with
offensive language just hurts user experience for the (in this case
core) package.

Thanks,
Zero

> I therefore suggest that we replace the whole section by the
> "Unacceptable behaviour" section from our current CoC:
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/Code_of_conduct#Unacceptable_behaviour
>
> 2. The last section uses the term "enforcer". According to
> Merriam-Webster dictionary:
>
>   Definition of ENFORCER
>   1 :  one that enforces
>   2 a :  a violent criminal employed by a crime syndicate;
>          especially : hit man 1
>     b :  player (as in ice hockey) known for rough play and fighting
>
> It looks like the word has negative connotations and should be
> avoided. (The current CoC uses "proctor" instead.) But maybe native
> speakers could comment on this?
>
> 3. The text should use consistent spelling. Currently, both British
> ("behaviour") and American ("honored") spelling variants occur.
>
> Ulrich
>
>> [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.project/3061
>> [3] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.project/2470
>> [4] http://dev.gentooexperimental.org/~scarabeus/gentoo-coc.txt
>> [5] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20130611.txt

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