[PATCH] D13741: Introduce a *draft* of a code of conduct for the LLVM community and theassociated reporting guide.

[Paul Robinson via llvm-commits]

probinson added inline comments.

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Comment at: docs/CodeOfConduct.rst:45
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+* **Be welcoming.** We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports
+  people of all backgrounds and identities. This includes, but is not limited
+  to members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, colour,
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chandlerc wrote:
> rengolin wrote:
> > I think the point of the argument wasn't strictly semantics, but trying to be inclusive. 
> > 
> > If you refer to "someone else's primary language" you're clearly referring to non-English speakers, and thus may be viewed as aiming the code at English speakers, maybe because they're majority, etc.
> > 
> > I'm not particularly fussed about this, though. If there was some better, short replacement I'd prefer, but if we double the paragraph in size, it'll get harder to understand, missing the point.
> If people read this as referring to non-English speakers, I hope that would only be due to the communication in question happens to occur in English...
> 
> Anyways, I'm also not particularly fussed about this. If folks feel really strongly about this, I'm open to suggestions. Sadly, I don't quite think the previous suggestion captures it, and I would like to avoid trying to define one language or another as a "lingua-franca".
Sorry, lingua franca is actually how I think of it, although it probably makes me sound snooty (blame my prep-school background).  I admit it doesn't really belong here.
"Remember that we're a world-wide community, and while the common language of computer science is English, not everyone is fluent."

(I'm not sure what else to call it, unless you want to decree that English is the "official" language of LLVM projects.)

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Comment at: docs/CodeOfConduct.rst:96
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+  a viewpoint doesn’t mean that they’re wrong. Don’t forget that it is human to
+  err and blaming each other doesn’t get us anywhere. Instead, focus on helping
+  to resolve issues and learning from mistakes.
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joker.eph wrote:
> Is the short "err" intentional here?
"to err" is a real verb in English, meaning to make a mistake.



http://reviews.llvm.org/D13741