How about we just simplify the code of conduct to the following: Any member in the various PostgreSQL lists is expected to maintain respect to others and not use foul language. A variation from the previous sentence shall be considered a violation of the CoC.
On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 11:51 AM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > There is a risk that if we adopt a CoC, and nothing happens, and the > > committee does nothing, that they will feel like a failure, and get > > involved when it was best they did nothing. I think the CoC tries to > > address that, but nothing is perfect. > > Yeah, a busybody CoC committee could do more harm than good. > The way the CoC tries to address that is that the committee can't > initiate action of its own accord: somebody has to bring it a complaint. > > Of course, a member of the committee could go out and find a "problem" > and then file a complaint --- but then they'd have to recuse themselves > from dealing with that complaint, so there's an incentive not to. > > regards, tom lane > > -- *Melvin Davidson* *Maj. Database & Exploration Specialist* *Universe Exploration Command – UXC* Employment by invitation only!
