Re: Code of Conduct plan

From: Martin Mueller <martinmueller(at)northwestern(dot)edu>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>, James Keener <jim(at)jimkeener(dot)com>, Steve Litt <slitt(at)troubleshooters(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Code of Conduct plan
Date: 2018-09-15 16:37:41
Message-ID: B23BA452-E65D-4797-8D2C-6F449CE2834D@northwestern.edu
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That is quite true: the very high quotient of helpful prose and very low quotient of inappropriate language is striking--much like the TEI list of which I long have been a member, and unlike the MySQL list, which has a non-trivial (though not serious) boorish component.

Which makes me say again "Where is the problem that needs solving?"

On 9/15/18, 11:32 AM, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 04:24:38PM +0000, Martin Mueller wrote:
> What counts as foul language has changed a great deal in the last two decades.
> You could always tie it to what is printable in the New York Times, but that
> too is changing. I could live with something like “Be considerate, and if you
> can’t be nice, be at least civil”.

I have to admit I am surprised how polite the language is here,
considering how crudely some other open source projects communicate.

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