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> On 19 Sep 2019, at 11:22, PBKResearch <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: > > I don’t think this conversation can be closed while things are in the present > unclear situation. The github entry at > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/blob/Pharo8.0/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md is > still there, and has been there since last May. The github discussion on > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/4637 was abruptly closed by > Stephane Ducasse, after some intemperate comments about Serge Stinckwich. > This is therefore the only place questions can be asked. > > We now know that Serge posted the Code without prior discussion with the > board. Did he have authority to do this on behalf of the Pharo community? > Does the fact that he did so mean it is officially adopted by the community – > not just for this mailing list, but for all Pharo activities? If Serge did > not have authority, shouldn’t it just be removed, at least until the board > have discussed it? > I didn’t understand what you want to imply here ? It was a mistake from me to push this PR without prior discussion. I think that this discussion with be done at the level of the Pharo board now. > The PR mentioned above was a proposal by James Foster that, if we need a code > of conduct, it should be the ACM code. The PR has now been closed. Does that > mean that James’s proposal has been rejected? If so, why? > > If the conversation is closed now, that means that we are tacitly accepting > that the code is there and in force, and also tacitly accepting how it got > there. What is necessary is for the board collectively, or someone > representing the board, to tell us what the situation is and what is going to > happen next – preferably with justifications. > > Peter Kenny > > From: Pharo-users <pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org> On Behalf Of Steve > Quezadas > Sent: 19 September 2019 03:35 > To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] R: Code of Conduct > > Yeah, I agree. Why is this even here? The thing I like about this maillist is > that its very community oriented and everyone here helps each other. It's > devoid of all the political-soapbox nonsense that I would find on, say, > facebook. Which is why I don't deal with that platform anymore. > > And most of this is common sense anyway. Yeah, don't harass people and make > fun of them or whatever, Like most people on this list doesn't already know > that. Im very vocal about certain political and social opinions, am not > ashamed about my opinions, am open about it, is currently "unpopular" but > don't discuss them here because it's offtopic and I don't want to piss off > people in any event. I don't want it turning into another facebook basically. > > I think we should all close this conversation, it's offtopic and not relevant > to any problems this list has in any meaningful way. > > - Steve > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 1:07 PM Kasper Østerbye <kasper.oster...@gmail.com> > wrote: > When I read the Code of conduct which is part of Pharo, my reaction was "OK, > I don't expect to run into trouble over that one, so no worries". > > After having read the discussion here I would rather it was not there. > > -- Kasper
