[RFC] [Re-proposed] Adopt Code of Conduct
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:04:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | [RFC] [Re-proposed] Adopt Code of Conduct | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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Hi,
I've decided to re-propose the CoC RFC. There are many reasons for it,
but there are a few points I want to make.
I strongly believe that a Code of Conduct is required. The amount of
toxic behaviour on this list is in my opinion unacceptable. It drives
people away, it certainly did. It is also one of the reasons I am not
nearly as active as I used to be.
It also makes me reluctant to welcome and mentor new people wanting to
contribute. I have said "no" to two people in the last few days, mostly
because I am not sure whether I want them exposed to some of the things
being said on the list.
But I think this list, and hence this project, and language, can be
improved. A Code of Conduct alone is not enough. The focus for this
list, and wider community, should be on collaborating to make PHP even
better and faster than it already is. Collaboration works better in a
happy environment, where people work together instead of against
eachother.
The new 0.5 version of the RFC that is up at
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/adopt-code-of-conduct
focusses more on working
together and mediation than on acting with an iron fist on when things
go awry, although these parts of the RFC are still included. In my
opinion, an CoC that is not enforced is nothing but some text on a piece
of paper—or in our case, a few bits on a disk. I have added a section,
Constructive Contributor Guidelines, in addition to the CoC. This
section definitely needs improving.
I would everybody invite you to help out improving this RFC, but please
take into account
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/adopt-code-of-conduct#constructive_collaboration_guidelines
I want this to work, and work together, to get this approved.
cheers,
Derick