Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Chris Knadle
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 21:39:47 Russ Allbery wrote: > Chris Knadle writes: > > On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 16:27:52 Russ Allbery wrote: > >> Ean Schuessler writes: > >>> I am actually for the CoC. My complaint is that the GR does not > >>> require a record keeping process. I actually

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Chris Knadle writes: > On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 16:27:52 Russ Allbery wrote: >> Ean Schuessler writes: >>> I am actually for the CoC. My complaint is that the GR does not >>> require a record keeping process. I actually agree with Steve that we >>> should not be concerned about publicly a

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Chris Knadle
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 16:27:52 Russ Allbery wrote: > Ean Schuessler writes: > > I am actually for the CoC. My complaint is that the GR does not require > > a record keeping process. I actually agree with Steve that we should not > > be concerned about publicly advertising the bans. A ban

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Ean Schuessler writes: > I am actually for the CoC. My complaint is that the GR does not require > a record keeping process. I actually agree with Steve that we should not > be concerned about publicly advertising the bans. A ban should have been > proceeded by a warning and should be reasonable

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ean Schuessler
- "Ian Jackson" wrote: > This isn't really true IMO. Someone who is banned can always send a > message privately to a sympathetic contributor, who can forward it if > it seems relevant or interesting. (I have in fact done this for a > contributor who was under some kind of cloud, when they

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ian Jackson
Ean Schuessler writes ("Re: GR proposal: code of conduct"): > I feel we must see clearly that the CoC and its related ban punishment > effectively amounts to a nascent "court system" for the project. I don't think that's the case and I don't want to see it that way. > A comprehensive ban is eff

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ian Jackson
Wouter Verhelst writes ("Re: GR proposal: code of conduct"): > > > 2. The initial text of this code of conduct replaces the "mailinglist > > >code of conduct" at http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct > > > > Is this overriding the listmasters then? ... > I'll leave it up to the sec

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 06:25:12PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 11:59 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > [...] > > ## Assume good faith > > > > Debian Contributors have many ways of reaching our common goal of a > > [free](http://www.debian.org/intro/free) operating system whic

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Ean Schuessler wrote: > It is well understood that secret laws and secret courts are not a > desirable feature for any government. I feel that the same should hold > true for our community. The procedures leading up to a ban, the > evidence collected, the criteria the evidence

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 11:59 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [...] > ## Assume good faith > > Debian Contributors have many ways of reaching our common goal of a > [free](http://www.debian.org/intro/free) operating system which may > differ from your ways. Assume that other people are working towards

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Abou Al Montacir
On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 11:45 -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: > > It is well understood that secret laws and secret courts are not a > desirable feature for any government. I feel that the same should > hold true for our community. The procedures leading up to a ban, the > evidence collected, the crit

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ean Schuessler
- "Wouter Verhelst" wrote: > # Debian Code of Conduct ... > ## In case of problems > > Serious or persistent offenders will be temporarily or permanently > banned from communicating through Debian's systems. Complaints should > be made (in private) to the administrators of the Debian commun

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/12/2014 05:59 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > == 1. The Debian project decides to accept a code of conduct > for participants to its mailinglists, IRC channels, and other modes > of communication within the project. > > 2. The initial text of

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Wouter Verhelst: > The position statement really only is the "we accept a code of conduct" > part. Everything else isn't. > > Maybe that means I should not put the text of the code of conduct inline > with the rest of the GR? If so, I'll happily do so. > I would propose an initial CoC as int

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 04:13:14PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:40:17AM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > So, we have a Foundation Document, or a Position Statement that's agreed > > by GR, and then can be changed by the DPL to a delegate. I don't think > > this is enti

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:40:17AM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Hi Wouter, > > Thanks for all your work on helping bring this together so far, but I > think this ballot is troubling on a number of reasons. > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:59:42AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > 1. The Debian pro

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Neil McGovern
Hi Wouter, Thanks for all your work on helping bring this together so far, but I think this ballot is troubling on a number of reasons. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:59:42AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > 1. The Debian project decides to accept a code of conduct for >participants to its mailing

GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi all, This is to propose a general resolution under ยง4.1.5 of the constitution to propose a Debian code of conduct. This code of conduct has been drafted during debconf, and been refined during a BoF session there and in a discussion on the debian-project mailinglist. For more details, please s