Re: Code of Conduct plan

James Keener <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:52:33 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.general,gmane.comp.db.postgresql.general,gmane.comp.db.postgresql.advocacy
Message-ID <CAG8g3tzjfzkYoMREQEuPFkHz-=pHU0XhmgbpbQ3f-17uHPJ1wQ@mail.gmail.com>
> To many of us, we absolutely are a community. Remember, there are people
> here who have been around for 20+ years, of which many have become close
> friends, having started working on PostgreSQL as a hobby. We have always
> seen the project as a community of like-minded technologists, and welcome
> others that wish to join, whether just to ask a single question or to hang
> around for the next 20 years. I do see your viewpoint, but I would counter
> that coming here for help (for example) is quite different from calling
> tech support at a vendor.
>

I fail to see how that makes everyone here part of a community anymore than
I'm part of the "community" of regulars at a bar I walk into for the first
time.

As I said, the rules can and should apply within the list, but applying
them outside the list is odd and wreaks of authoritarianism.

Jim