[yt-dev] Adopting a code of conduct

[Nathan Goldbaum]

Oh shoot, I completely forgot about this.

We should make a bigger deal about it in the repository.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
>
> Personally, I'm definitely amenable!  I think we should start with the
> one recently adopted by the yt project:
>
> http://yt-project.org/community.html
> http://ytep.readthedocs.org/en/latest/YTEPs/YTEP-0023.html
>
> ;-)
>
> -Matt
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'd like to start the ball rolling on instituting a code of conduct for
> the
> > yt community. This will be added as a YTEP, linked from the "community"
> > portion of the webpage, and added the the yt repository.
> >
> > Having a code of conduct is important because it the community norms we
> > abide by very concrete. It also affirms our commitment to embracing
> > diversity, openness, respect, and collegiality in our interactions. I
> think
> > officially adopting a code of conduct also lowers the barrier to entry
> for
> > new contributors who might be scared off based on preconceived notions
> about
> > open source projects (e.g. the Linux kernel).
> >
> > I think a good place to start would be to use the Python Software
> > Foundation's code of conduct and just replace "Python" with "The yt
> > Project". I really like the PSF code of conduct and feel that it does a
> good
> > job of describing how we conduct business already.
> >
> > I'm curious whether this is amenable to everyone. Are there other CoC
> > documents that we should look at? Are there additional points we should
> add
> > to or elide from the PSF CoC to make it more fitting for yt?
> >
> > Thanks for your input!
> >
> > -Nathan
> >
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