On 24/01/16 18:30, Joshua D. Drake wrote: [---] > This is something that I brought up in protest because I believe that it > is crucial to the growth of this community. Do you have any evidence to support this belief? (Without referring to an anonymous invisible mass, a single case or unverifiable anecdotal evidence). Without any data/evidence either way I'd wager that the implementation of a CoC will have exactly zero effect on developers coming to or going from the project. If gaining developers is your motivator for pushing through a CoC, I for one believe it's a waste of time and energy. I don't buy the idea that there's a huge cache of talent waiting in the dark for open source projects to suddenly implement a CoC, at which point they'll jump out and suddenly start contributing code. Though whatever anecdotal evidence I could produce to support that claim would be as worthless as anyone else's, so: Surely considering the huge number of projects which have adopted various forms of CoC's over the past months/years there are good numbers to show if they have a positive effect on contributions? I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but I suspect you'll find zero correlation between implementation of CoC's and number of contributions and/or contributors. A wider question to the other participants in this discussion: Is it generally an accepted view that the growth of the community (in some sense) is contingent on the implementation of a CoC? /Jan -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
