Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Trying to become a Gentoo Developer again spanning 8 years...

[Rich Freeman]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Nick Vinson <nvinson234@×××××.com> wrote:
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> Certainly, you could do that.  However, I would ask for objective
> measures for U(), f(), g(), and h() which wouldn't be an easy task.
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I think this thread went largely off the deep end a number of posts
ago, but there really isn't anything objective about the Code of
Conduct.  Ultimately what kind of behavior we want Gentoo to be
associated with is a judgement call.

If we tolerate more behavior, we'll attract people that we wouldn't
otherwise attract, and we'll lose people that we wouldn't otherwise
lose.  The same is true if we don't tolerate certain behavior.

Maybe if we went closed source and started charging for Gentoo we
could invest more in developers and that would result in a lot more
Gentoo productivity, and a better product for our paying customers.
Even if we could all agree that was true, I don't think it is
compatible with our mission.  Certainly I would find someplace else to
spend my time if that was the route Gentoo followed.

Ultimately I think all of this comes down to, what kind of Code of
Conduct do we want to have, and are we serious about enforcing it?
This thread seems to be mostly about questions around whether we need
a Code of Conduct (at least, that is how it started, and it has hit
numerous topics after the original poster disappeared).  I started
another thread to try to talk about ways to improve how we enforce the
Code of Conduct, and intend to start others.

I don't think many people would argue that there isn't room for
improvement.  However, I think it is unrealistic to expect that the
final solution will be 100% objective, or that it won't ultimately end
up with trusting somebody to make the right call.

-- 
Rich