On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 5:29 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Probably the same reason it has never worked. The only thing that's > changed is the social acceptability of vilifying those you don't like. > Once upon a time, there were those in the community who had all the > power, and those on the fringes that had none, and if someone on the > fringe misbehaved, everyone inside just shunned them and they left. > Now, if someone on the fringe misbehaves and everyone treats them > badly, there's a massive political kerfuffle and everyone gets hurt. Just a note here, though not in relation to CoC but as someone speaking English far away from a country called America, sometimes i wonder at some changes introduced just because it does not ring well within the country. I agree that the US pushed many many changes used around the world but English is not the property of the people of a specific country. The English community is the sum of people speaking English over the world. Though i am very far from CPython contributions but once changes no longer occur on the basis of technical reasons it raises eyebrows far beyond CPython contributors. Now in the Python community we must verify not only grammatical and structural errors but also US-based nuances in the language. This requires community folks to be in tune with American current affairs and ideological tendencies. This might be a bit too much work as the bridge of union of the community is the Python language, usage and tools. Though English is a core-part of the programming language, this is going too deep. A practical effect of this is that each and every event posters, flyers and websites have to be double checked against US nuances and phrasing. And the PSF must make sure that events sponsored by it or affiliated must follow the same standards. This post is in no way a US-bashing one, or intended to be hurtful in any way. It's an observation that some changes appear totally ok to english speakers until you understand that this and that sounds wrong in a particular country. This poses the question of the legitimacy of the influence of a certain nation over the PSF. Kind Regards, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer about <https://compileralchemy.github.io/> | blog <https://www.pythonkitchen.com> github <https://github.com/Abdur-RahmaanJ> Mauritius -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
