On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 01/10/2016 02:05 PM, Regina Obe wrote: > >> Gavin, >> >>> I once went out of my way to help someone with Mac. They were so Mac >>> >> centric they did not realize that they were not giving us the right >> information to help them, but this was not obvious until later in the >> thread. I made some comment about Linux - next moment they were accusing >> >>> everyone of not helping them properly because they were using a Mac, as >>> >> though we had been deliberately discriminating against them! >> >> I hear ya. I do the same thing setting up a Linux VM to try to help >> someone >> on Ubuntu or CentOS. >> My main point was if you don't have anything helpful to say, don't say >> anything at all. >> >> I recall someone posting something earlier about on the lists we should >> have >> a section like: >> >> HELP US HELP YOU >> >> That details the information anyone having a problem should provide to >> make >> it easy for others to help them. >> Can't find that item on mailing list. >> > > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems Maybe I'm out of sync with everyone else, but, I think of list- and IRC guidelines as distinctly separate from a code of conduct. I see a code of conduct as a legal document that allows the community to protect itself (and individuals its individuals) from illegal and possibly predatory behavior. Guidelines for posting: "don't top post, don't paste 500 lines in to IRC etc... " are things that could get the community to *ignore* you, but not necessarily cause them to participate in a legal showdown directly or as a 'third-party'. ISTM that if we develop a code of conduct, it would need to be designed to insulate the community and individuals within it from becoming targets of legal action. "Mike said I was bad at postgres, it hurt my consulting and I want to sue Joe for replying-all and upping the hit-count on google... " --Scott > > >> >> Thanks, >> Regina >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >
