[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Remove mention of medical condition from the test suite. (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Jul 5 18:42:29 CEST 2011

On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:23:55 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

Antoine Pitrou writes:

> I sincerely hope we don't start using the word "professional" to denote > "careful" or "good quality". No, by "professional" I mean "of a profession," which is a service that is provided by experts to laymen, and therefore demands adherence to certain standards since the clients are not able to judge the product for themselves, but in general must trust the vendor. The care and good quality proceed from the commitment of the professional.

I see. But the "experts" are not necessarily vendors (we aren't), and our users aren't "clients". Besides, we are not merely providing a service, we are building a community where everyone can take part in the shared work, thereby blurring the barrier between "experts" and "laymen".

Regards

Antoine.

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