The CODE_OF_CONDUCT file - Python Packaging

Example CODE_OF_CONDUCT files

• SciPy Code of Conduct file - notice they included theirs in their documentation

• fatiando CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file

Your package should have a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file located the root of the repository. Once you have people using your package, you can consider the package itself as having a community around it. Some of this community uses your tool. These users may have questions or encounter challenges using your package.

Others in the community might want to contribute to your tool. They might fix bugs, update documentation and engage with the maintainer team.

Why you need a CODE_OF_CONDUCT

In order to keep this community healthy and to protect yourself, your maintainer team and your users from unhealthy behavior, it is important to have a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.

The CODE_OF_CONDUCT is important as it establishes what you expect in terms of how users and contributors interact with maintainers and each other. It also establishes rules and expectations which can then be enforced if need be to protect others from harmful and/or negative behaviors.

If you are not comfortable with creating your own CODE_OF_CONDUCT text, we encourage you to adopt the CODE_OF_CONDUCT language used in the Contributor Covenant. Many other communities have adopted this CODE_OF_CONDUCT as their own. See the Fatiando a Terra Geoscience Python community’s example here.