Hi,

I've decided to re-propose the CoC RFC. There are many reasons for it, 
but there are a few points I want to make.

I strongly believe that a Code of Conduct is required. The amount of 
toxic behaviour on this list is in my opinion unacceptable. It drives 
people away, it certainly did. It is also one of the reasons I am not 
nearly as active as I used to be.

It also makes me reluctant to welcome and mentor new people wanting to 
contribute. I have said "no" to two people in the last few days, mostly 
because I am not sure whether I want them exposed to some of the things 
being said on the list.

But I think this list, and hence this project, and language, can be 
improved. A Code of Conduct alone is not enough. The focus for this 
list, and wider community, should be on collaborating to make PHP even 
better and faster than it already is. Collaboration works better in a 
happy environment, where people work together instead of against 
eachother.

The new 0.5 version of the RFC that is up at 
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/adopt-code-of-conduct focusses more on working 
together and mediation than on acting with an iron fist on when things 
go awry, although these parts of the RFC are still included. In my 
opinion, an CoC that is not enforced is nothing but some text on a piece 
of paper—or in our case, a few bits on a disk. I have added a section, 
Constructive Contributor Guidelines, in addition to the CoC. This 
section definitely needs improving.

I would everybody invite you to help out improving this RFC, but please 
take into account 
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/adopt-code-of-conduct#constructive_collaboration_guidelines
 

I want this to work, and work together, to get this approved. 

cheers,
Derick
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