Re: Add Code of Conduct (issue 575620043 by address@hidden)

[Mike Solomon]

On 2020/02/05 18:17:25, c_sorensen wrote:
> I recognize that Mike Solomon has a different opinion.  I mean no
disrespect to
> Mike, Janek, Han-Wen, or any other member of the LilyPond team.  I
highly value
> the team spirit of the LilyPond team.

>Well said.  Here's the current tally as I understand it:
>For: Han-Wen, Janek, Mike, Urs, Werner
>Against: Carl, Dan, David K., Trevor
>Mixed: David N.

Mike, you asked,
> What are the blockers to making a decision about this patch?
> Does it need more discussion or more buy in?

>5-4 halfway through the first day doesn't look like buy-in to me.

That's a really good point and I see where Carl and David N are coming from. It 
seems like a Code of Conduct is not a good fit at this time. More people in the 
community would need to come around to the idea for it to work.

Maybe what I'll do is touch base in a few months and see if any opinions have 
changed, including of course my own. In the meantime, I would encourage people 
to reflect on LilyPond's shrinking number of contributions and developers and 
consider if a lack of a code of conduct could be one of the reasons it is 
difficult to grow. As a benchmark, one good place to look is the Contributors 
Covenant website. There is a list of communities that have implemented it. Ask 
the maintainers how they feel about it, cite the concerns brought up here, and 
ask if they feel it could, from their outsider perspective, be helpful for 
LilyPond. I know that, personally, I have really appreciated the code of 
conduct in projects that I have contributed to since leaving LilyPond 
development. I have also appreciated the relative ideological and demographic 
diversity of those projects, which has introduced me to perspectives about race 
and gender that are lacking in the LilyPond community.

It could of course also be the case that people are happy with the status quo 
in LilyPond, in which case it (or other things to grow the community in size 
and inclusivity) are not necessary. I personally am saddened by my own leaving, 
the leaving of others, the lack of growth and the lack of diversity, and this 
is one proposal to start changing it, but I understand the objections.

~Mike