Final statement from Steering Council on politically-charged commit messages

[justin walters]

I for one don't want to see politics involved in PL development. However,
inclusivity isn't a political issue, it's a human rights issue.

Do I agree with the PR, not exactly. However, I do think we as a community
should be accommodating to people
Whose use of the English language differs from the standard as long as the
meaning is clear.

This thread reads like a bunch of old fuddy duddies complaining about
immigrants not speaking perfect English at a fast food restaurant.

Feel free to ban me from the list if this doesn't meet your standards.



On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 9:03 PM <thronobulax at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, August 17, 2020 at 1:26:33 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > For context, see this commit:
> >
> >
> https://github.com/python/peps/commit/0c6427dcec1e98ca0bd46a876a7219ee4a9347f4
> >
> > The commit message is highly politically charged and is now a
> > permanent part of the Python commit history. The Python Steering
> > Council has this to say:
> >
> >
> https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/34#issuecomment-675028005
> >
> > "The SC discussed this and ... we do not deplore the message."
> >
> > So now we know: go ahead and put all the political messages you like
> > into the commit messages, just don't put anything inappropriate into
> > the content. White supremacy has been mentioned; who wants to pick the
> > next hot topic?
> >
> > ChrisA
>
> It should be noted that these Darlings Of Conspicuous Caring are still
> using that - gasp! - horrid  "master' branch.  The very idea ...
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