On 9 October 2017 at 01:37, boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I follow this list in an effort to learn as much as I can even though > I am usually a fish out of water here. But this thread in all its > twists and turns and various subject line changes seems to have gotten > totally out of hand. Even though I am quoting only part of this one > message, there are actually many others that I am responding to here. > > In my opinion (Honestly admitting my lack of technical competence.), > this insatiable thirst on this list to get every bit of technical > minutiae exactly correct is doing a severe disservice to the > friendliness of this community. Yes, gently correct the (perceived) > errors, because we all want to have it right, but please cease this > incessant pounding of points (and people) into the ground to prove we > are right and they are wrong! > > I doubt any of this is going to change Bart's mind. Why can we not > allow him to make his points, respond to them appropriately, and then > let it go when it is clear he has strongly held opinions that are not > likely to change? > > And Bart, when large numbers of technical experts in their fields have > spent many hours/months/years, yea, even several decades, developing > these software systems, why do you think that you, all by yourself, > know better? Can you not see how frustrating this is for people who > have spent good chunks of their lives trying to do the best they can > on these software systems? Don't you think it is a better approach to > perhaps do some self-examination and approach things from a more > humble learner's perspective? And BTW, there are many users of > non-*nix systems on this list, or who do work on multiple operating > system platforms. > > Can we not let people be who they are, perceived warts (valid or not) > and all, and after responding (hopefully gently) to technical errors > just let them be???
+1 Thank you for saying this. Paul -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
