On 18/06/18 09:47, Herbert Vojčík wrote: >>> Do you have enough balls to call out Steph for his obviously wrong >>> decision to push Launcher down the users' throats and make him >>> revert to working installers / zips? Cause AFAICT there's the >>> bottleneck atm. >> >> First, it was MY decision. > > My apologies to blaming Steph. > >> I’m pushing launcher as the default download for Pharo since year now. >> Do I am happy with it not working on windows right now? Of course >> not. But pushing it also in windows has already forced us to fix some >> bugs there and a new version of the launcher (and a better Pharo on >> windows) and at the result will be good. >> I was going to suspend the launcher as the default download until a >> better version arrived, but I’ve been told that will happen this >> week, so I will wait. >> >> Second, we have a lot of bottlenecks, but is true this is important. >> >> Third, please restrain your self to talk like that in the future. Is >> rude and unnecessary. > > I won't. Sometimes it seems this kind of talk is needed. Windows > launcher was not working for so long but it is still pushed as the > default download option, because "higher goals" I presume. If this > kind of talk helps to get rid of it until working (or make it finally > actually work), it is anything but unnecessary.
I don't see how this "Macho Programmer Culture" mixing genitalia size with community behavior and admin choices is necessary. But I see why, for sure, non-(white)-males feel so unwelcome in developers communities when some members feels such "necessity" of addressing others with such language and when pointed to that, just reinforce their choices. Best, Offray
