[New-bugs-announce] [issue34671] Remove references to Benevolent Dictator

[Sebastian Bassi]

New submission from Sebastian Bassi <sbassi at users.sourceforge.net>:

Following the trend initiated at https://bugs.python.org/issue34605, I want to point out that the term dictator has a negative connotation in Argentina and other countries where we suffered bloody dictatorship (30000 dead and missing persons, or "desaparecidos" as we call it).
I understand that the former title BDFL may be funny for most developers, but the term "benevolent dictatorship" (or it Spanish equivalent "dictablanda") was used in Chile by the Pinochet's regime.
This title doesn't reflect the democratic nature of the whole project.
My suggestion is to take this into account when defining PEP-8010 and related documentation.

----------
assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 325315
nosy: docs at python, sbassi
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Remove references to Benevolent Dictator
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.8

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<https://bugs.python.org/issue34671>
_______________________________________