[Python-ideas] What factors led Guido to quit?

[David Mertz]

Guido left for a variety of personal reasons, only some of which I know.
Soon we will have a wonderful new Steering Council who will act as a
collective BDFL (except each for finite terms, and not dictator since it's
a council... but benevolent :-)).

On Sun, Feb 3, 2019, 12:33 PM James Lu <jamtlu at gmail.com wrote:

> Are you a moderator or committed?
>
> I disagree with you. This, like the communication thread, is about
> improving the ability of the Python community to work together. If you
> don’t think others can have a respectful discussion about that, that’s the
> community’s fault, not mine.
>
> Again, the goal of this thread is for constructive discussion.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 3, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > James, please don't post such topics on python-ideas.  This is
> > completely off-topic and has strong flamebait potential.  You may write
> > on your own blog or Facebook account if you feel so strongly about it.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Antoine.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 11:04:40 -0500
> > James Lu <jamtlu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I want y’all to think about this very carefully. What factors led Guido
> to quit? And I don’t want you to just reply with the first thing that comes
> off your head. The purpose of this question/discussion is to identify
> problems with the Python community so we can fix them.
> >>
> >> That is the only real chance of having a successful Python language
> that doesn’t get left behind by other languages, or of getting Guido to
> come back.
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