Re:Contributors Leaving Pytest
by notacoward on Saturday April 11, 2020 @08:43AM
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The problem with "on the spot practical training" is that not everyone gets the same training across cultures or economic groups. This gives some groups a permanent embedded advantage over others, which is the opposite of meritocracy. Ad hoc enforcement only makes this worse. The ad hoc legalese in a code of conduct can bring more consistency to both rules and enforcement, though regrettably many implementations fall short.
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You make a good point — I suppose conduct codes are the HR department for mailing lists. I’ve always thought of collaborative open source communities as groups of friends or at least like minded hobbyists with a common thread of likeability, but I suppose they are a lot more like workplaces.