[Distutils] Packaging situation + mailing list rules

[Georg Brandl]

Am 02.07.2010 16:13, schrieb Tarek Ziadé:
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:00 PM, P.J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
> [..]
>> Isn't it interesting how these rules prohibit open disagreement or criticism
>> (or even discussion!) of distribute and related matters, but *not*
>> setuptools?
> 
> There's a huge gap between criticism + discussion, and the habitual flame
> of distribute vs setuptools. I think you know what I mean.
> 
> Feel free to propose some changes on these rules, because I think you would
> be as happy as I would not to have to deal with flames like that.

Tarek, as a more or less neutral observer, I have to agree that you seem
to react a bit sensitive to anything that could be construed as a flame
against distribute or the decision to fork.

I know the reasons for that decision, and I probably would have done the same,
but you need to be aware that there is always irritation in the community
when such a disruptive fork happens, and no small part of that irritation is
directed against the newcomer.  I would try to see this list as on-topic for
both distribute and setuptools, and let each maintainer/group handle the
discussion about his/their tool.

Trying to set up rules for this list isn't helpful; even if your rules don't
seem like rules, but facts to me.  In this case, Anatoly's suggestion to codify
them in a sort of FAQ document and post them on the web or regularly here seems
like a good one.

cheers,
Georg
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