Re: On what is helpful and what is not [was: Re: Wifi]
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 01:10:11PM +1100, Charlie Schroeder wrote:
>>
>> Life isn't about second guessing if you write or speak to someone if
>> they will take offence surely? Isn't it so that you say your piece and
>> people can take it or leave it. It's up to them.
>
> "Life" and the Debian user mailing list are not the same thing. You can
> make your own rules as to how you life and act within your own life, but
> within a community one must abide the community rules. At the moment,
> there's nothing explicitly written that dictates that one should be
> polite, respectful, avoid causing offence, etc., for the Debian
> community nor this mailing list. This is a bug which should be fixed and
> the project is considering the adoption of a 'code of conduct' which
> will replace the existing mailing list CoC. The text of the proposal is
> here[1]. Of particular relevance here is, I think, "a community in which
> people feel threatened is not a healthy community".
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2014/02/msg00069.html
It's sad that Debian's demeaning itself with this politically-correct rubbish.
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