On 28 Apr, 2008, at 12:22, Richard Foley wrote:
Well, I started to revise it myself once, but didn't get much of an
answer
from anywhere about how to take it on either. I wasn't offered my
own new
wiki-thread though, maybe I didn't ask the right person...
What, did you have problems finding my email address, too? :)
Sure, I can see what you mean, and that sounds very altruistic, to
keep
Elaine's material 'on file' so to speak. It's a highly defensible
position,
on the face of it, but in reality, we all know what being quietly
side-lined
means.
History repeats itself time and time again. You get the people you
deserve by the silent majority remaining silent. Just like all the
politics inside Parrot. The silent remain silent and things continue
on just as they did in the days of P5P. For years many have
plaintively commented as to why there are so few women in perl,
especially when compared to other projects, and you need only look to
yourselves.
There were any number of more tactful methods to do what has been
done here, but the way of Perl is to get the knife and twist it hard
because feeling good about any contribution must not be allowed. And
the silent sit there and let it happen. Jarkko's thanks after 5 years
leading up to 5.8 was a lot of bitching about 'core bloat'.
The parting 'fuck you' is the perl way.
e.
