[python-committers] Would anyone STOP contributing to Python if we used GitHub?
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Dec 15 14:40:56 EST 2015
On 12/12/2015 03:32 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
> Over at core-workflow@ we are discussing details of the GitHub and
> GitLab proposals and one of the worries the GitLab supporters have
> brought up is that some core developers could flat-out stop
> contributing if we moved to GitHub. Now I have major doubts that's
> true as no one has told me that is the case yet after all the time
> that this workflow change has been discussed, but I would not be
> doing my due diligence if I didn't check to make sure I truly didn't
> need to consider this in my final decision.
>
> So, if you would actually *stop* contributing to Python's development
> if we switched to GitHub, please let me know.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/15/julie-ann-horvath-describes-sexism-and-intimidation-behind-her-github-exit/
http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/19/5526574/github-sexism-scandal-julie-ann-horvath
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/julie-ann-horvath-quits-github-sexism-harassment/
http://readwrite.com/2014/04/24/github-women-reputation-julie-ann-horvath
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/github-founder-resigns-after-investigation/?_r=0
I love Python (as I'm sure all core developers do), and I am not over
burdened with a sense of my own importance though I do think my
contributions have made Python better (PEP 409, PEP 435, PEP 461).
However, I cannot and will not be associated with a project that
supports GitHub until such time as GitHub becomes a decent place for
women to work.
Those links are a year and half old, so if there is current evidence to
the contrary I'm interested in seeing it.
If there is not, then it behooves us to act according to our own words
claiming support for women and not use GitHUb, perhaps even blogging
about our decision and its reasons to apply some pressure to them to
affect a change.
I sincerely hope I am not alone in these feelings.
--
~Ethan~
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