[Python-Dev] project culture: take responsibility for your commits

[Ethan Furman]

On 10/02/2013 11:58 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>
> I'm looking back on a rather unpleasant experience that I recently had in
> this developer community. Actually, twice by now. Here's what I take from it:
>
> You should take responsibility for your commits.

It doesn't sound like you learned anything, then, as you apparently 
already knew this (judging from your later post).  I find it disturbing 
that nowhere in your two posts to this thread do you take responsibility 
for your part in what happened.  (Disclaimer: I'm only aware of one of 
the incidents.)

Here is what I hope you learn, as it will benefit both you, the 
developers you work with, and hopefully Python as well:

   - Be respectful

   - Realize that people don't always agree on the
     best solution

   - Ask for clarification on responses if you don't
     think your point is being understood

The second and third points follow from the first, and is the one that 
you seemed to have the most trouble with:  starting a trouble ticket 
with accusations that something was snuck in and done behind peoples' 
backs is offensive, as are continual accusations that those you are 
working with simply don't understand.

Add to that constant complaints about writing patches yourself... well, 
to be brief I am not surprised you didn't have a good experience -- I 
don't think anybody involved with that ticket had a good experience, 
including myself, and I was just a bystander.

--
~Ethan~