troglodytes

Michael Torrie torriem at gmail.com
Tue Aug 13 10:54:04 EDT 2024


On 8/13/24 3:24 AM, Robin Becker via Python-list wrote:
> I am clearly one of the troglodytes referred to in recent discussions around the PSF. I've been around in python land
> for far too long, my eyesight fails etc etc.
> 
> I feel strongly that a miscarriage of justice has been made in the 3-month banning of a famous python developer from 
> some areas of discourse.
> 
> I have had my share of disagreements with others in the past and have been sometimes violent or disrespectful in emails.
> 
> I might have been in the kill list of some, but never banned from any mailing lists.
> 
> Honest dialogue is much better than imposed silence.
> 
> -- grumblingly-yrs --
> Robin Becker

Agreed.  Here's a good summary of the issue:
https://chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-shameful-defenestration-of-tim

The PSF has really screwed this up.  Really embarrassing, frankly.  And
sad.




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