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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: 0.31s | source
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bla2 ◴[12 Jul 18 16:02 UTC] No.17515883[source]▶
> I don't ever want to have to fight so hard for a PEP and find that so many people despise my decisions.

Leading a large open source project must be terrible in this age of constant outrage :-(

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sjm-lbm ◴[12 Jul 18 16:09 UTC] No.17515955[source]▶
It's PHP and not Python, but every time I read something like this from a major open source figure, I always think of this old PHP mailing list thread:

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50696

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munificent ◴[12 Jul 18 19:11 UTC] No.17517666[source]▶
I have yet to encounter any user so hostile in my open source projects, thankfully. But when the time arises, the line I have prepared is:

    I'm really sorry you ran into this issue. To make things better,
    I've given you a full refund.
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1. kamyarg ◴[13 Jul 18 13:47 UTC] No.17522935[source]▶
Ah, now I want to contribute to open source community just because I might be able to say this to some unappreciative prick. :)