[Inpycon] Is PyCon India "really open"?

[Vanitha Shanmugam]

Hi All,

Sorry for top posting and also for the late response. Just wanted to share
some data.

PyCon India is a volunteer driven event and every contribution is a step
towards its success however big or small it is and I appreciate
realslimshanky's contribution.

IMO, the issue is more of less to do with the communication. Nobody here is
against any contribution. Lets just be clear that we all are working for
PyCon India in whatever way we can and none has any intention of
discouraging or stopping any from doing so.

A few stats below.
We, PyCon India volunteers plan publishing date for every blog in the
volunteers meeting as it has to go along with website update and other
things depending on the blog content. Minutes are shared in the mailing
list for all meetings conducted so far this year.

Earlier realslimshanky had merged 2 PRs ([0] and [1]) without keeping any
updated on the same. The blog [0] went live when we setup PyCon India 2018
website with basic content as the master branch was updated for this. Since
this went live well before our planned date unexpectedly when the other
required updates were not available on our website, it created chaos as
even the core volunteers were not aware of this PR merge.

That was the reason Vijay suggested him not to merge without having
complete info. His intention was not to discourage him from contributing
but to do it the right way with proper communication. We are just an email
away and it hardly takes a minute to pass on the info and keep everyone
updated. I agree that Vijay could have communicated that in a better way
and as he mentioned in one of the emails, we will make sure such things
will not be repeated.

Let us all keep this aside and work together to make PyCon India better;
after all, that is our goal.

[0] https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon-blog/pull/110
[1] https://github.com/pythonindia/inpycon-blog/pull/112


Thanks,
Vanitha

On 13 January 2018 at 15:39, Vipul Gupta <vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Sigh*
>
> This was my response to reading the entire list. Since Vijay does need for
> the community to decide and the discussion has been put to bed. I feel I
> should speak up as I feel I am a tiny part of this community too. And that
> feeling is important. The feeling of being a part of something bigger than
> yourself.
>
> Now, I wouldn't dare to add to the discussion other than what many people
> have said in the support of realslimshanky (Shashank Kumar). Here are my
> views on it. I am a second-year student, pursuing B.Tech CSE, started
> contributing just a year ago. Majorly in PyCon India 2017. In my case,
> realslimshanky had reviewed most of my commits in the PyCon India 2017 repo
> for both PyCon blogs and the website. I contributed by fixing small bugs
> and worked closely with him. LGTM is just a sign that the commit is good to
> be deployed, fulfills its purpose, wouldn't harm other components of the
> website/app. It wouldn't mean approving the commit and merging to the
> master/production branch. It's just a comment. Even I use it myself, for
> the commits I review. I have seen many other people do it. Now if that's a
> bad practice, I would fix myself but that's not the case here.
>
> Removing his rights and the responses made by Vijay on the mailing list
> were unjust and uncalled for. Yes, an apology to realslimshanky would help
> here because if I was a new volunteer, I wouldn't feel too good about
> contributing further. This is sadly what this reflects in my eyes. But
> still, I am too young to have an opinion on the matter concerned. And for
> the long run, this mail wouldn't matter much. Also, this situation could be
> handled in a much better way as many other people pointed out.
>
> I do appeal to all other volunteers (new and old) to keep contributing and
> continue working for the Pycon India 2018. This community has taught me so
> much in the previous year. I wish all that you would have the same
> experience as I had, this year too.
>
> Happy Contributing !!
>
> Cordially,
> Vipul Gupta
>
> Ps. This has been my first reply to the mailing list. I apologize for the
> top post reply but the discussion was very long to reply inline.
> Also, Vijay (@vnbang2003)
> 1. Is this a joke? [0] But still, I guess better than 1:1 discussions.
> 2. I use this online tool for proofreading. Give it a shot, it's free [1]
>
> [0] - https://github.com/pythonindia/pycon-india-2018-tasks
> [1] - https://www.grammarly.com/
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Noufal Ibrahim KV <
> noufal at nibrahim.net.in> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm going to stop responding to this thread. I've stated my positions
>> and I don't think there's anything else I have to say.
>>
>> The actual conference is generally a valuable thing to many (most)
>> people who attend it and while I still feel strongly about the issue
>> this thread is about, I think the conference is more important.
>>
>> I think working towards that disregarding this issue is in the larger
>> community's best interests.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordially,
>> Noufal
>> http://nibrahim.net.in
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