On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:41:22 -0800, Ned Deily nad@acm.org wrote:
On Nov 29, 2013, at 13:51 , Antoine Pitrou antoine@python.org wrote:
On ven., 2013-11-29 at 13:16 -0800, Ned Deily wrote:
Why is it that we find him so annoying, enough to advocate fairly drastic measures like banning? There have been and will be others who behave similarly. I've only been here since 2006 or so, but I can't remember someone behaving like that on such a frequent and long-lived basis. He does stand out.
I think he stands out in part because we've spotlighted him.
I don't. There is *no one* else whose name on an email or bug tracker issue makes my stomach clench up right away(*). This is based on my personal interactions with him, not anything I've heard from others.
The most telling thing is that there are times when he is perfectly reasonable and pleasant. So it's not like he doesn't know how. He chooses not to be.
--David
(*) I've gotten better at dealing with this; the negative reaction doesn't last nearly as long as it used to. That doesn't make it any more fun when he's being unpleasant, though.