From: | Jan Danielsson <jan(dot)m(dot)danielsson(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: CoC [Final v2] |
Date: | 2016-01-26 17:03:43 |
Message-ID: | 56A7A6EF.5020906@gmail.com |
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On 24/01/16 18:30, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> This is something that I brought up in protest because I believe that it
> is crucial to the growth of this community.
Do you have any evidence to support this belief? (Without referring
to an anonymous invisible mass, a single case or unverifiable anecdotal
evidence).
Without any data/evidence either way I'd wager that the
implementation of a CoC will have exactly zero effect on developers
coming to or going from the project. If gaining developers is your
motivator for pushing through a CoC, I for one believe it's a waste of
time and energy.
I don't buy the idea that there's a huge cache of talent waiting in
the dark for open source projects to suddenly implement a CoC, at which
point they'll jump out and suddenly start contributing code. Though
whatever anecdotal evidence I could produce to support that claim would
be as worthless as anyone else's, so:
Surely considering the huge number of projects which have adopted
various forms of CoC's over the past months/years there are good numbers
to show if they have a positive effect on contributions?
I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but I suspect you'll find zero
correlation between implementation of CoC's and number of contributions
and/or contributors.
A wider question to the other participants in this discussion: Is it
generally an accepted view that the growth of the community (in some
sense) is contingent on the implementation of a CoC?
/Jan
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