On Tue, 17 May 2011, Per Jessen wrote:
Don't be annoyed, be thankful that your community consists of people who care enough to argue. In my opinion, your proposal is causing a problem because it tries to address an issue that does not, as far as we know, exist. You have so far neglected to argue why you deem this policy to be necessary.
Of course it's a problem that exists; harassment at conferences has been well documented, even if you haven't seen it personally. Has it happened before at an openSUSE event? I don't know. But "it hasn't happened yet" is not a reasonable argument against having a policy. Policies are put in place to make it clear to everyone what is unacceptable, and most importantly, make it clear how to respond. If the policy ends up being completely unnecessary over the years, that's great. Honestly, I don't understand why this is an issue. If there's no downside to having a policy, why not have one? -- Matt Barringer, Software Engineer SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)