On 20/09/2018 22.25, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
Hi,
I'm choosing to forward this to python-committers because I don't think python-ideas is a reasonable place to discuss CoC decisions.
I think the action taken by Brett (apparently decided with Titus and a mysterious "conduct working group") is not the right one:
- a definitive ban is an extremely strong decision that should only be taken if nothing else works. May I remind that Anatoly was able to post prolifically and unconstructively for several years, being warned several times, before being finally banned? Comparatively, this one ban seems expeditive.
In my opinion it's both wrong and unfair to compare the ban with Anatoly's ban. For one we didn't have a process and general consent for bans. It took us a while to agree on the procedure. Also Anatoly wasn't flat out hostile and insulting. He was mentally draining and exhausting on a more subtle level.
I'm all in favor to ban people from python-dev or python-ideas for deliberate misuse and insults. Participation on these mailing lists is a privilege, not a right. We grant the privilege to everybody, but also reserve the right to remove the privilege.
Brett, Titus, I support your decision.
Christian