On 02/28/2016 10:25 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 12:02 Georg Brandl <g.brandl@gmx.net <mailto:g.brandl@gmx.net>> wrote:
On 02/28/2016 08:10 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: > Can *anyone* take it upon themselves to (let's > say) say "Brett, you unilaterally changed the policy with no discussion > or consultation and just four minutes notice. That is unspeakably rude > and total jerk behaviour, so under your own rules you're out of here"? > > I'm not just making a rhetorical point. I wouldn't accept that sort of > unilateral behaviour from my work colleagues. > > > It wasn't a unilateral decision. If it was then I would have just done it > without opening an issue or bringing it up here. I mentioned it here just in > case someone might get upset by it (which obviously happened). FWIW, Eric Smith and myself (co-"owners" of the mailing list) supported this when Brett asked.I think Steven's objection was me wanting to state in the devguide that core devs would adhere to the CoC in all Python-related interactions in the community regardless of whether that interaction explicitly occurred under the purview of the CoC, which is a stronger statement than just this mailing list being under the CoC.
Well, "Python-related" is a bit strong and includes activities the PSF/the CPython developer community has no business in. It should be rephrased to "Python core-related" - that mostly happens through the mailing lists (and the tracker). We should not presume to be an employer that will fire employees based on a post on their private Facebook account.
cheers, Georg