Full marks to the SC for transparency. That's a healthy sign that the community acknowledges its disciplinary processes must also be open to scrutiny, and rather better than dealing with matters in a Star Council.
Kind regards, Steve On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:10 AM Thomas Wouters <tho...@python.org> wrote: > > Stefan did indeed receive, and was notified of, a 1-year ban from core > development. This action was based on advice from the Conduct WG and our > own deliberations. We wanted to have a discussion with him before we made > this public. The SC sent him an email with details (quoted below), three > weeks ago, CC'ing the Conduct WG. We had a brief back-and-forth last week. > Unfortunately (and without telling us), Stefan apparently declined to > address the matter in the way we asked. > > For the record, the Steering Council followed the PEP 13 procedure for > ejecting a core developer ( > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0013/#ejecting-core-team-members) and > voted unanimously to eject Stefan, as we told Stefan we would do if he > chose not to address the concerns we outlined below. > > Our original message to Stefan: > """ > Dear Stefan, > > The Python Steering Council and the PSF Conduct Working Group have > received reports of your ongoing behavior in the Python core developer > community. The Steering Council agrees with the Conduct Working Group’s > findings that this behavior is unacceptable. While we appreciate your > valuable technical contributions to CPython, that does not exempt you from > the expected standards of behavior and the Code of Conduct. > > Specifically, your behavior has displayed: > > * Disrespectful, hostile, and unwelcoming communication in tone and content > * Harassment by needlessly adding people to issues > * A disregard of the directions and authority of the release manager > > Some examples of the problematic behavior include: > > * https://bugs.python.org/issue36839#msg344544 > * https://bugs.python.org/issue40874#msg372616 > * https://bugs.python.org/issue40874#msg372917 > * https://bugs.python.org/issue40874#msg372922 > * https://bugs.python.org/issue39542#msg372983 > > We are also aware that this is not new behavior. We know the PSF Conduct > WG warned you on April 23, 2020 about your previous violations of the Code > of Conduct. > > As such, we are taking the action of suspending your participation in > Python's development for 12 months starting today. You will lose access to: > > * Python-committers > * Python-dev > * Python-ideas > * Core-mentorship > * bugs.python.org > * discuss.python.org > * The Python organization on GitHub > > Along with the 12-month suspension, you will need to meet additional > conditions in good faith: > > * Please acknowledge that you have read and understand the Code of Conduct > and promise to abide by it going forward > * You write an apology to your fellow core developers for your actions > which we will publish on your behalf when announcing your suspension > * Acknowledge that future reinstatement will include a zero-tolerance > conduct policy in regards to your future behavior > > We offer you 14 days from today to meet these conditions and submit them > to the Steering Council via email. > > If you choose not to satisfy these conditions, the 12-month suspension > will become a permanent ejection from the Python core developer community > as per the procedures outlined in PEP 13. You are then free to go through > the Python core developer election process also as outlined in PEP 13, > however the Steering Council will not consider approving any positive > outcome of that vote until the 12-month suspension has elapsed. > > - The Python Steering Council > """ > > On behalf of the Steering Council, > Thomas. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 11:48 PM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> Apparently, Stefan Krah (core developer and author of the C _decimal >> module) was silently banned or moderated from posting to python.org >> mailing-lists. He asked me to forward the following message: >> >> >> >> ================================================================================== >> Hello, >> >> Today I have left the Python organization. It wasn't an easy decision, >> after all there are so many amazing people here. >> >> My vision of how development should be handled differs from many people >> who are currently active. Other projects are more aligned with my >> preferences, so I prefer to focus my energies elsewhere. >> >> Having a shared understanding of what constitutes politeness is >> important and eliminates all sources of friction that sometimes result >> in losing one's patience. >> >> All the best, >> >> Stefan Krah >> >> ==================================================================================== >> >> >> Best regards >> >> Antoine. >> _______________________________________________ >> python-committers mailing list -- python-committ...@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-committers-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-committers.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committ...@python.org/message/ZIAN7ERZNF4ZE2B2SLYNRPVNERNACG5A/ >> Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > Thomas Wouters <tho...@python.org> > > Hi! I'm an email virus! Think twice before sending your email to help me > spread! > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/BSFWGLR45PKP6CK3LW2ZHVPYFCXWNFBI/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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