On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 9:37 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>
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>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> I realize this was probably brought up in the discussions about the
>>>> scipy code of conduct which I have not looked at, but I’m troubled by the
>>>> inclusion of “political beliefs” in the document.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It was not brought up explicitly as far as I remember.
>>>
>>>
>>>> See e.g.
>>>> https://github.com/jupyter/governance/pull/5
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's about moving names around. I don't see any mention of political
>>> beliefs?
>>>
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>> Sorry about that, I elided the 6. This is the correct link:
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>> https://github.com/jupyter/governance/pull/56
>>
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> Thanks, that's useful context for your question.
>
> I'm personally not too attached to "political belief", but I think the
> discussion in that PR and in the OSCON context is very US-centric and
> reflective of the polarized atmosphere there.
>
> If everyone is fine with removing political beliefs then I'm fine with
> that, but I don't think that the argument itself (from a non-US
> perspective) has much merit.
>

I'm strongly opposed to removing it. The last thing I want is to have
politics brought into NumPy development, which is where this discussion is
already headed. It could get ugly fast.

Chuck
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