Re: Code of Conduct: picking up
Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:
> Second, and more to the point that I was trying to make, if indeed you
> need social and writing skills to be able to reach positions of power in
> Debian, then it's reasonable to assume people with the kind of behaviour
> this code of conduct wants to encourage would be more likely to reach
> such a position of power (if not, then either something is wrong with
> our community, or we would need to put more work in improving the text).
Yes, this part I do agree with. And in general I'm in favor of a code of
conduct, both for that reason and because I think it helps move us closer
to decisions based on merits by helping suppress some social tendencies
that reduce involvement and put unnecessary barriers in front of people.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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