On 10/01/16 18:44, Regina Obe wrote: > > This may come as a big shock to many of you, but as a contributor > I don't care if you are racist, sexist, transphobic or whatever as long as > you > > 1) Are helpful when I ask a question > 2) Stick to the topic > 3) Don't get into petty etiquettes like "Please stop top posting" > and if you really need to - A polite we prefer top posting would do > > 4) Are sensitive to people on other operating systems other than your > preferred. > > One thing that really pushes my buttons is when I ask for help as a windows > user and some person makes a snide remark about why don't I switch to > Linux - problem solved > Or because I'm on windows, I don't care about performance. > > Here is an example thread I recall from a while back on PostGIS list. > > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-users/2008-June/020331.html > > In PostGIS group people are very good at calling out other people when > they think they've said something mean-spirited > and I think people are greatful for being called out because the nasty > person had no idea > their joke was mean. > > My other concern about CoCs is I fear someone is going to come and demand > we change Master/Slave to Leader/Follower, because Master is a male term > and Slave is insensitive to grand-children of slaves. > > > Thanks, > Regina +1 -- Tim Clarke -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
