Code of Conduct

Conduct

Moderation

These are the policies for upholding our community’s standards of conduct. If you feel that a thread needs moderation, please contact the SteeringCommittee or moderator for your specific context (for example, channel moderators on IRC).

In the Mercurial community we strive to go the extra step to look out for each other. Don’t just aim to be technically unimpeachable, try to be your best self. In particular, avoid flirting with offensive or sensitive issues, particularly if they’re off-topic; this all too often leads to unnecessary fights, hurt feelings, and damaged trust; worse, it can drive people away from the community entirely.

And if someone takes issue with something you said or did, resist the urge to be defensive. Just stop doing what it was they complained about and apologize. Even if you feel you were misinterpreted or unfairly accused, chances are good there was something you could’ve communicated better — remember that it’s your responsibility to make your fellow Mercurial contributors and users comfortable. Everyone wants to get along and we are all here first and foremost because we want to talk about cool technology. You will find that people will be eager to assume good intent and forgive as long as you earn their trust.

The enforcement policies listed above apply to all official Mercurial venues; including the irc channel, projects hosted on mercurial-scm.org, events, and all mailing lists under mercurial-scm.org. If you wish to use this code of conduct for your own project, consider explicitly mentioning your moderation policy or making a copy with your own moderation policy so as to avoid confusion.

Adapted from the Rust Code of Conduct.

CodeOfConduct (last edited 2019-09-06 15:53:16 by RyanMcElroy)