Ok. no more ellipses...what I was trying to share is an unhappy experience I had with the open source Linux community.
I am sure this will not happen on this Python Dev list of professionals. Please ignore my comments. >From now on I will focus on contributing to Python (especially on a Windows platform) and not taking up valuable reading time. Burkhard On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > > I'm really confused -- you had a handful of very positive responses to > your offer to help with Python on Windows. > > Then a couple off the cuff remarks (at least one of which was serious) > about what is often known as "the bus factor": > > But I think you may want to take into account the history here. This has > been talked about A LOT in the Python community for years -- so we may be a > bit blase about it. Note that Wikipedia's page on the bus factor: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor > > """An early instance of this sort of query was when Michael McLay publicly > asked, in 1994, what would happen to the Python language > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)> if Guido > van Rossum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum> were hit by a > bus.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor#cite_note-8>""" > > So this has been very, very well hashed out in the Python community. > > And a quick look at the existence of this list, the messages on it, and > the source repo will tell you that Python is in no way a personal project > of one person. (not to mentions the PSF) > > I think the lessons here are: > > - don't be too sensitive > > and, important for every open source community: > > - your comments and questions will be taken far more seriously if you have > done your homework. > > -CHB > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Burkhard Meier <burkhardame...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Please do allow me to share my humble experiences of being a software >> professional on a Windows platform. >> >> Almost 20 years. >> >> You know what; when I tried out 'sugar Linux' or Peppermint,,,the "admin' >> dude kicked me out 5 times in one sole eve, >> >> Maybe this is just *me*.. >> >> You know what: I did have my time with this *open source community*... >> >> I was just asking a sincere question. >> >> C'mon >> >> This was rather very ridiculous. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list >> Python-Dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >> Unsubscribe: >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/chris.barker%40noaa.gov >> >> > > > -- > > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov >
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