Re: 2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-24 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Thanks, Wouter. First: would it be appropriate for there to be a point about context-quoting, or inline quoting, or more precicely not either top-posting nor bottom posting with no trimming? (my phrasing is bad.) On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:52:42AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > 6. You should av

Re: 2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 03:17:48AM -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > I'd like this to be more global in coverage, and not just focus on the > mailing lists. In this draft of the Code of Conduct, 8 out of the 9 > rules are about email, so it feels more like a "mailing list CoC" > right now than a "CoC".

Re: 2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-23 Thread Chris Knadle
Greetings. Wouter (and all other contributors): thank you very much for working on a Code of Conduct. This really matters. Further comments below. On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 04:52:42, Wouter Verhelst wrote: ... > New draft: > > --- > # Debian mailing list Code of Conduct > > The Debian maili

Re: 2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-22 Thread Charles Plessy
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 07:08:17PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > - I think that we shoud encourage more private replies. For instance, > >"If you want to complain to someone who sent you a carbon copy when > >you did not ask for it, do it privately" (from the current CoC), but also >

Re: 2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-22 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > So, some updates: > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:59:06AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: >> I'm wondering if there can be a guidelines/advice section also? For >> example, perhaps we want to capture something along the lines of (The >> wording ne

Re: 2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 10:52 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [...] > > > 6. You should avoid sending attachments; this generates a lot of > > >unnecessary bandwidth on our listservers. Instead, put the file you > > >would like to attach online somewhere and post a link. > > > > It may be wort

2nd draft (was: Re: Revising the Code of Conduct)

2013-05-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
So, some updates: On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:59:06AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > I'm wondering if there can be a guidelines/advice section also? For > example, perhaps we want to capture something along the lines of (The > wording needs a ton of tweaking): Please remember that Debian is a > multic