Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread anatoly techtonik
If there are SOPA supporters amongst PSF sponsors then PSF is not interested in any conflicts with them. But Python is developed by community, so is PFS doesn't respect the community opinion, it may do more harm. Ignoring SOPA is a communication fail. -- anatoly t. ___

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread Andre Roberge
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Brandon Craig Rhodes < bran...@rhodesmill.org> wrote: > Python already has a reputation for being undeployable in an emergency > because PyPI does not stay up consistency enough. Please imagine the > violence this will do to lone, hard-working Python supporters i

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread Brandon Craig Rhodes
Python already has a reputation for being undeployable in an emergency because PyPI does not stay up consistency enough. Please imagine the violence this will do to lone, hard-working Python supporters in the back server rooms of big organizations, if they have to explain to their bosses that the

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > * Barry Warsaw : >> I really almost hesitate to send this, not because I'm not entirely >> sympathetic to the cause, but because political discussions are always >> problematic and perhaps more so because of the PSF's non-profit status. >> Still, SOPA and the like are e

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread Łukasz Langa
Wiadomość napisana przez Barry Warsaw w dniu 16 sty 2012, o godz. 15:37:Though if we do it, we should do it with all the python.org web sites.$ pip install anythingDownloading/unpacking anything  Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/  Could not find any downloads that satisfy t

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jan 16, 2012, at 03:26 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: >postmaster hat on: >Yes, we can blackout mail for that time I think we'd also want to block archiver access to mail.python.org and throw up an informative page. Though if we do it, we should do it with all the python.org web sites

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* Barry Warsaw : > I really almost hesitate to send this, not because I'm not entirely > sympathetic to the cause, but because political discussions are always > problematic and perhaps more so because of the PSF's non-profit status. > Still, SOPA and the like are evil pieces of legislation that wi

[pydotorg-www] Fw: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA?

2012-01-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
I really almost hesitate to send this, not because I'm not entirely sympathetic to the cause, but because political discussions are always problematic and perhaps more so because of the PSF's non-profit status. Still, SOPA and the like are evil pieces of legislation that will have seriously dire co