The community is more important than the product. — Pieter Hintjens Dear contributors to the Nix ecosystem, dear users, We recognize that the Nix community keeps growing and changing, and its governance has not been adapting accordingly. While the foundation board was never intended to lead the community, we cannot deny that it is perceived to be in that role by many, and we therefore take full accountability. We acknowledge there’s been a series of recent crises in our community, which are...

Eelco has agreed to step down from the NixOS foundation board. Over the next two weeks, a constitutional assembly will be appointed to draft a constitution to democratically govern Nix/NixOS.

  • refalo@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m not sure how voting makes it so we can’t respect each other’s opinions.

    Typically this is done by adopting a CoC and then adding things to it that you don’t like. But I have seen more hostile methods too.

    • Solar Bear@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      … Yes. You will have to behave like a civilized adult. If your opinion is that you shouldn’t have to, then you are correct that I do not respect that opinion.

      • refalo@programming.devEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I think the whole problem here is that someone’s definition of “civilized adult” is different from others. My definition doesn’t try to suppress people’s opinions, even if I don’t like them.