[python-committers] Anatoly Techtonik's contribution

[Meador Inge]

On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

> Am 26.12.12 14:28, schrieb R. David Murray:
>
>> I wonder if a public discussion aimed at developing such a policy
>> would clue Anatoly in (probably not).  I wonder what other communities
>> have done.
>
>
> Wrt. anatoly techtonik? I don't know (beyond episodal knowledge with
> Rietveld and Roundup)
>
> In general for this kind of behavior: I still think he fits the description
> in
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q52kFL8zVoM&feature=gv
>
> I think he is poisenous to the Python project. If you haven't
> seen the video, please watch it all.

Interesting watch.  Thank you for posting it.  The first point from that talk
that fits the bill extremely well is:

   Lack of Cooperation

   * WIlling to complain, but not help fix anything

The second point that I found particularly applicable is:

   Disinfecting your community

   * Is this person draining attention and focus?

   * Is this person paralyzing the project?

I say 'yes' for the first and 'no' for the second.  Although his
behavior is very draining I wouldn't go as far to say it is
"paralyzing" (i.e. preventing significant amounts of work
from being accomplished).

In any case, I think David's original point is a good one.  It is
nice to have some documented community principles to point to.

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