On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Donald Stufft <donald <at> stufft.io> writes: > >> to PyPI. The "snark" in my statements primarily came from that feeling of >> someone was trying to "shut down" an enhancement. > > To be fair, the tone you've taken (which can rub people up the wrong way) > hasn't just been over long-standing security issues. I've also felt > uncomfortable with some of your responses relating to the PEP 426 > discussion around the JSON schema for requirements, where there is not the > same level of urgency, nor valid reason to believe that you're being thwarted > somehow. I never meant to claim it was simply over security issues. I'm certainly more "energetic" about advocating for security issues and they frame the backdrop for a lot of my feelings with distutils-sig as an adversary rather than an ally . The simple fact is that every disagreement, or even simple suggestion, is framed against that feeling leading towards the Me vs Them tone. > > If someone's approach comes off as unduly dismissive (even if not meant that > way), it makes it harder to engage in constructive discussion. I recognise > that it's hard communicating with people remotely, many of whom one might > never have met. It's easy to miss nuance and misconstrue turns of phrase. It's > best to tread gingerly, else too much time is spent smoothing ruffled feathers > at the expense of getting real work done. > > Regards, > > Vinay Sajip > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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