Hi Andrew, On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 08:12:35PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Folks, > > We currently have a minimal Debian mailing list code of conduct at > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists which is, essentially, > primarily tips on how to format email. At the same time, we have the > main Debian Code of Conduct at https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct} which > is also referenced on the mailing lists page. [...] > Your thoughts on this would be very much appreciated
When I made the proposal for the Debian CoC, I asked for the list manager's feedback. This was their reponse: https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/02/msg00045.html After I prodded a bit about the mailinglist specific parts that Alexander referred to in that mail, he replied with: https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/02/msg00054.html In other words, unless their position has changed in the intervening years, listmasters don't really want to lose their document, because they believe it still has value. As I'm not involved in listmastery, I can't really say whether or not I agree with that position, but I do think that if you want to drop the mailinglist CoC you need to convince listmasters first that it's actually a good idea to do so. I'll finish with saying that it was always my intent that the Debian CoC replace the Mailinglist CoC; but when it became clear that listmasters really didn't want to see that document go, I couldn't think of any better way to move forward than to make the mailinglist CoC be linked to from the Debian CoC (as suggested through amendment by Neil McGovern), and so in effect make it explicit that one does not override the other. -- To the thief who stole my anti-depressants: I hope you're happy -- seen somewhere on the Internet on a photo of a billboard
