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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013, at 11:13 PM, Owen Jacobson wrote:

[...]
> 2. What kind of social pressure can we bring to bear to _keep_ Python's 
> package naming conventions as socially neutral as they are, if and when 
> some high-profile dirtbag decides this language is the best language? 
> How can we apply the same pressures to other parts of the Python 
> community?

I'm sorry, but as a member of the hygenically-challenged community I am
greatly offended by the term "dirtbag".

-a