Re: [Distutils] Hobby time (was: some questions about PEP470)

2014-10-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 17 October 2014 09:54, Ian Cordasco wrote: > > A hobby is by definition what you do in your free time. Donald is clearly > encouraging Stefan to spend his free time as he wishes. None of us who > participate in our free time are obligated to support anything beyond our > desire to do so, unlike

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 16 October 2014 14:41, Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote: > I think package owners have a responsibility to be contactable, but that the > time-frames should be long to allow for the fact people do go off the grid > for valid reasons sometimes. I'd suggest something like 2 months is a > reasonable in

[Distutils] Hobby time (was: some questions about PEP470)

2014-10-16 Thread Ian Cordasco
On Oct 16, 2014 4:47 PM, "Tres Seaver" wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/14/2014 09:15 PM, Donald Stufft wrote: > > On Oct 14, 2014, at 8:50 PM, Stefan Krah > > wrote: > > > >>> Donald Stufft stufft.io> writes: > >>> > > If you're this upset over someone re

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-16 Thread Tres Seaver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/14/2014 09:15 PM, Donald Stufft wrote: > On Oct 14, 2014, at 8:50 PM, Stefan Krah > wrote: > >>> Donald Stufft stufft.io> writes: >>> > If you're this upset over someone redistributing your work, > then maybe Open Source Software is t

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-16 Thread Stefan Krah
Nick Coghlan gmail.com> writes: > On 15 October 2014 12:20, Stefan Krah freenet.de> wrote: > > > > At this point (and possibly before) you are just trolling and not worth > > any further correspondence. If some of your feigned surprise questions > > are actually genuine, I recommend walking away

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-16 Thread Tennessee Leeuwenburg
I think package owners have a responsibility to be contactable, but that the time-frames should be long to allow for the fact people do go off the grid for valid reasons sometimes. I'd suggest something like 2 months is a reasonable interval to allow; if contact via email and available social media