| > so I thought it would be interesting to share the other side from Ms. Wages, the current Python Czar/Queen/Big Boss. Granted, Ms. Wages is the chair. But I would have said that Deb Nicholson[0] - as secretary[1], executive director[1], board member[1], (presumably paid[2]) staff member[3], member of three out of four currently active board committees[1], and Code of Conduct Work Group member[4] - is more influential in these matters. > That clearly reads as good faith and well reasoned to me, It doesn't seem to me that it's particularly relevant to Mr. Peters' case - except perhaps the "The last thing I will do is tone police, period." part, which... I would say is definitely not in agreement with the publicly available evidence. >TIL they hand out $600K+ annually for Python development, that's incredible! "They" who? Do you mean the budget for grants? A large fraction of that appears to be travel grants so that underprivileged/international guests can attend PyCon. [0]: https://x.com/baconandcoconut [1]: https://www.python.org/psf/board/ [2]: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/18/board-of-the-python-so... [3]: https://www.python.org/psf/records/staff/ [4]: https://www.python.org/psf/workgroups/#code-of-conduct-work-... |
I absolutely agree that it's not necessarily directly relevant, but I feel like the undercurrent is clear: people are mad that Python leadership has caught The Woke Mind Virus(tm), and is out of touch. This all seems to have bubbled forth from that, and as is predictable for political discussions on the internet, it's gotten heated. She also shouts out "Strive for healthy debate and consensus" as her top priority as chair in the achievements PDF linked by Simon, which seems like a strong sign that she's trying to improve all this.
Re:grants, yeah I wonder what the final breakdown is, I can't really find it. They do have "Developers in Residence" now, which is presumably old news to you/y'all but awfully cool to me. The sooner we end this era of "the entire world runs on the good will of bored nerds volunteering their time", the better.