On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 06:22:57PM -0600, Eldon Koyle wrote: > I have noticed a pattern on Debian lists where we see:
[...] > I would like to propose that we shorten this cycle by simply adding a rule > to bounce messages to public lists at #3 [...] The problem with this is... who is going to do that? - If you have just a few in charge, their biases will dominate: what is and is not offending is bound to interpretation; - if you have some formal process in charge (voting, etc.), someone has to bear its burden; - etc. etc. In short, you are posing That One Very Hard Question™: how does a group of people manage "getting along together"? You're not the first one to pose it, mind you :-) I think the current set-up in the Debian mailing lists is a good equilibrium: there is a moderation, but it only intervenes in exceptional cases. Usually, intervention is from the participants in the list. I think also that if you want to change things you should take that equilibrium into account and move from there, instead of trying to "make a new world from scratch". Engineering *is* messy :-) To give backing to a welcoming "culture", there is the Code of Conduct. On debian-user@ there is even a regular posting, as a reminder (a recently started experiment): "debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ)", a reminiscence of the regular postings whic were customary in good old Usenet times. Note that this all needs care & feeding -- thanks & kudos for the above go to Andrew M.A. Cater. Cheers - t
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