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“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”

(mail.python.org)
2024 points randlet | 1 comments | 12 Jul 18 15:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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jacquesm ◴[12 Jul 18 18:52 UTC] No.17517514[source]▶
Reading that thread is like reading an actual Monty Python plot.

Guido van Rossum has given his life for this language and besides the obligatory 'thanks for all the fish' there isn't even a single person who stops the clock to evaluate what went wrong that they pushed out the person that started this all.

Instead it's 'kthxbye' and they're already dividing up the cake to see who gets to rule.

Not the nicest moment in the history of FOSS, I wonder what kind of a mess will ensue when Linus steps down.

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1. justin66 ◴[12 Jul 18 21:08 UTC] No.17518631[source]▶
> Guido van Rossum has given his life for this language and besides the obligatory 'thanks for all the fish' there isn't even a single person who stops the clock to evaluate what went wrong that they pushed out the person that started this all.

The lack of introspection that causes one to, in the heat of the moment, behave like a tedious buffoon on a public mailing list is probably associated with the lack of introspection that causes one to not reflect on having behaved like a tedious buffoon on a public mailing list.

On the other hand, I had never looked at the Python mailing lists until today and my main impression was that a real dictator on a mailing list without a Code of Conduct could have stopped some of that endless chatter in its tracks if he'd really wanted to. Absolutely no one springs to mind...