>From what I’ve seen on this list in my relatively brief time here, this forum is mostly fine and the participants generally behave like adults. I don’t read every thread, so maybe I don’t have an accurate picture. From what I’ve seen, there is the occasional spat, where people just need to step away from the keyboard for a bit and cool off, but I wouldn’t consider the environment toxic. That seems like too strong a word.
What I feel we lack are better tools for checking bad behavior and nudging people in the right direction, apart from having discussions like this. Temporarily locking threads that have become heated comes to mind. As do temporary bans for rowdy members. As does closing threads that have ceased to serve any good purpose. These things would have been pretty handy in several recent and heated discussions, including the PEP 505 one I participated in a couple of weeks ago. How much of this is possible on a mailing list? I don’t know. But I remember a year or two ago there was a proposal to move python-ideas to a different format, perhaps a Discourse forum or similar, which would provide some handy administration tools and other UX improvements. That discussion, ironically, was beset by some of the very animosity that better tooling would help control. (And I learned a bit about email etiquette and top-posting...) Maybe we need to revive that discussion? Overall, I don’t think we have a people problem on this list as much as we have an administration tooling problem.
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