Re: [python-committers] discuss.python.org participation

2018-10-17 Thread Łukasz Langa
> On Oct 17, 2018, at 02:56, Ethan Furman wrote: > > I find the presentation of threaded conversations in linear format to be > confusing, figuring out what I have and have not read to be difficult, and > the overall frustration to not be worth it. Are there any linear-formatted communication

Re: [python-committers] discuss.python.org participation

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Le mer. 17 oct. 2018 à 03:56, Ethan Furman a écrit : > I also supported the trial of Discourse. > > However, now that I have tried it, it will be a no from me. I find the > presentation of threaded conversations in linear format to be confusing, > figuring out what I have and have not read to be

Re: [python-committers] discuss.python.org participation

2018-10-17 Thread Stefan Krah
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 02:30:33PM +0100, Łukasz Langa wrote: > > I find the presentation of threaded conversations in linear format to be > > confusing, figuring out what I have and have not read to be difficult, and > > the overall frustration to not be worth it. > > Are there any linear-forma

[python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, I see more and more discussions about the moderation of the Python community. There is a PSF "conduct" Working Group: https://wiki.python.org/psf/ConductWG/Charter I noticed the following questions: * Lack of transparency on how moderation is decided * Lack of transparency on the number of

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 17/10/2018 15:03, Victor Stinner wrote: Moreover, the Code of Conduct should be seen as a way to evict a core developer out of Python. I'm assuming you missed a "not" in that last sentence? TJG ___ python-committers mailing list python-committers

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Le mer. 17 oct. 2018 à 16:06, Tim Golden a écrit : > On 17/10/2018 15:03, Victor Stinner wrote: > > Moreover, the Code of Conduct should be seen as > > a way to evict a core developer out of Python. > > I'm assuming you missed a "not" in that last sentence? (Oops, I should read my emails before s

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Brian Curtin
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:04 AM Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > I see more and more discussions about the moderation of the Python > community. > > There is a PSF "conduct" Working Group: > https://wiki.python.org/psf/ConductWG/Charter > > I noticed the following questions: > > * Lack of transpar

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Carol Willing
Brian, thanks for a very well written response, and Victor, thanks for asking for clarification. I think Brian has covered my thoughts very thoroughly. As an FYI, Brett, Thomas Wouters, and I are on the Code of Conduct workgroup so the core devs are represented. > On Oct 17, 2018, at 8:34 AM,

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Donald Stufft
> On Oct 17, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: > > Handling conflicts between core developers is the most difficult > question. I don't think that it's the role of the conduct working > group to handle that. Moreover, the Code of Conduct should be seen as > a way to evict a core develope

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Donald Stufft
> On Oct 17, 2018, at 11:34 AM, Brian Curtin wrote: > > I think this type of issue is better solved internally to our team, perhaps > via some form of mediator(s) I mentioned earlier, rather than involving a > wholly external group. Time is of course a finite resource in open source, > and p

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Brian Curtin
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 1:09 PM Donald Stufft wrote: > > > On Oct 17, 2018, at 11:34 AM, Brian Curtin wrote: > > I think this type of issue is better solved internally to our team, > perhaps via some form of mediator(s) I mentioned earlier, rather than > involving a wholly external group. Time i

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le 17/10/2018 à 21:44, Brian Curtin a écrit : > > Especially given who I've now found out is on that working group, I'm > fine with them managing issues of behavior, but we should be able to > (responsible for, even) handle standard team dynamics amongst ourselves. > Maybe I was/am missing someth

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Le mer. 17 oct. 2018 à 21:09, Donald Stufft a écrit : > Honestly, I think an independent group managing these issues is the right way > to handle them. I’m loathe to bring it up because the situation was a long > time ago, and has been resolved, but I’ve personally had to engage the CoC > proce

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Oh, by the way, should we have two different choices: remove the commit bit from a core dev (downgrade a core dev as a regular contributor) and ban a core dev? Victor Le jeu. 18 oct. 2018 à 00:03, Victor Stinner a écrit : > > Le mer. 17 oct. 2018 à 21:09, Donald Stufft a écrit : > > Honestly, I

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Alex Gaynor
I think you're dramatically overestimating a) the possibility that someone would attempt to use the CoC process frivolously, b) the possibility that the CoC WG would act on such a complaint without good cause. FWIW I was involved in removing a core developer from another community for CoC violatio

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Ethan Furman
On 10/17/2018 03:05 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: Oh, by the way, should we have two different choices: remove the commit bit from a core dev (downgrade a core dev as a regular contributor) and ban a core dev? No. If it comes to this, then the dev needs to be banned. I would not expect this to

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Łukasz Langa
> On 17 Oct 2018, at 20:44, Brian Curtin wrote: > > To me that's still a thing we should at least start to work on amongst > ourselves, as opposed to something like the issues of offensive word choice > or name calling. With the former we have some things to work on smoothing out > towards a

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Le jeu. 18 oct. 2018 à 00:16, Ethan Furman a écrit : > > On 10/17/2018 03:05 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > > > Oh, by the way, should we have two different choices: remove the > > commit bit from a core dev (downgrade a core dev as a regular > > contributor) and ban a core dev? > > No. If it comes

Re: [python-committers] Moderation of the Python community

2018-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Ok, I proposed an update to my PEP to explain the process to ban a core developer: https://github.com/python/peps/pull/810/files Victor Le jeu. 18 oct. 2018 à 01:23, Victor Stinner a écrit : > > Le jeu. 18 oct. 2018 à 00:16, Ethan Furman a écrit : > > > > On 10/17/2018 03:05 PM, Victor Stinner w