I'm also -1 to an explicit code of conduct. Sure, once in a while someone
has to step in with Wheaton's Law or what I can't resist calling Simon
Says; but all it takes is a gentle reminder. Nobody here is genuinely
contemptuous toward anyone else. The barrier of entry is too high -- the
trolls are happy enough on reddit. ;)
On Apr 6, 2017 6:17 AM, "Andreas Abel"
On Mon, 3 Apr 2017, Simon Peyton Jones via Libraries wrote:
I’ve been talking to a couple of people about whether it would be
useful to have an explicit Haskell Community Code of Conduct. Many online communities have one (e.g. Rust), and it might be helpful for everyone to have a concrete baseline rather than an unwritten standard. Any views on that?
I think these Code of Conducts make things even worse because then some people start to check every word against these codes. Instead I suggest we make more use of humor. E.g. Carter Schonwald's comment about grumpy people made me think about renaming my prelude-compat package to grumpy-prelude. :-)
I agree with Henning. The discussion gets heated because people are passionate about Haskell; and the latter is a good thing. I rather stomach some insults on a mailing list than having a formal code of conduct. Severe violations of politeness can be pointed out without having such a formal code. We can apply common sense. -- Andreas Abel <>< Du bist der geliebte Mensch. Department of Computer Science and Engineering Chalmers and Gothenburg University, Sweden andreas.abel@gu.se http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~abela/ _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries