Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation
by jsmeaton on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:14AM
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The open letter states it was a single individual that was able to stonewall the process. It wasn’t about the PSF group as a whole that didn’t want to touch the decision. One person. I think the letter has a fairly good point that processes are broken if this is possible.
Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation
by cobertos on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:16AM
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It doesn't seem like it was so simple as the open letter puts it? From the boards blog post
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/10/september-october-board...
The first vote had 6 abstentions and 4 yes votes. The second vote had 10 yes votes and 1 abstention. It seemed there was enough outstanding information/questions for 6 total people to abstain, though perhaps 1 of those 6 was using it nefariously? Hard to say
Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation
by ttyprintk on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:07AM
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I have to guess that, based on the meeting minutes posted nearby, the one vote needed to reach 5/10 vote is what this is referring to. The minutes explain a high number of abstentions. The chair of the PSF board was one of the Zanzibar organizers, for example.
I have the hunch that that is what it came down to, a matter of public perception. Shunt africa, or shunt lgbt? Both "important minority identities" in the current zeitgeist of the western world. Probably no one wanted to touch that decision with a 10 ft pole.