[Python-Dev] I hope this won't be my last comment here ~ yet it may well be... (original) (raw)

Burkhard Meier burkhardameier at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 16:12:19 EDT 2016


Ok. no more ellipses...what I was trying to share is an unhappy experience I had with the open source Linux community.

I am sure this will not happen on this Python Dev list of professionals.

Please ignore my comments.

From now on I will focus on contributing to Python (especially on a Windows platform) and not taking up valuable reading time.

Burkhard

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

I'm really confused -- you had a handful of very positive responses to your offer to help with Python on Windows. Then a couple off the cuff remarks (at least one of which was serious) about what is often known as "the bus factor": But I think you may want to take into account the history here. This has been talked about A LOT in the Python community for years -- so we may be a bit blase about it. Note that Wikipedia's page on the bus factor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busfactor """An early instance of this sort of query was when Michael McLay publicly asked, in 1994, what would happen to the Python language <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python(programminglanguage)> if Guido van Rossum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuidovanRossum> were hit by a bus.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busfactor#citenote-8>""" So this has been very, very well hashed out in the Python community. And a quick look at the existence of this list, the messages on it, and the source repo will tell you that Python is in no way a personal project of one person. (not to mentions the PSF) I think the lessons here are: - don't be too sensitive and, important for every open source community: - your comments and questions will be taken far more seriously if you have done your homework. -CHB

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Burkhard Meier <burkhardameier at gmail.com> wrote: Please do allow me to share my humble experiences of being a software professional on a Windows platform.

Almost 20 years. You know what; when I tried out 'sugar Linux' or Peppermint,,,the "admin' dude kicked me out 5 times in one sole eve, Maybe this is just me.. You know what: I did have my time with this open source community... I was just asking a sincere question. C'mon This was rather very ridiculous.


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