Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!rt.uk.eu.org!news-transit.tcx.org.uk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'pypi': 0.04; 'worse': 0.07; '>>>>': 0.09; 'feelings.': 0.09; 'oh,': 0.09; 'rename': 0.09; '"import': 0.16; 'antigravity': 0.16; 'betting': 0.16; 'careful,': 0.16; 'maintainers': 0.16; "someone's": 0.16; 'subject:PyPI': 0.16; 'url:holdenweb': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.16; "wouldn't": 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'community,': 0.19; 'slightly': 0.19; 'jan': 0.19; 'this?': 0.19; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; "i'm": 0.26; 'fact': 0.27; 'all,': 0.28; 'project,': 0.28; 'url:mailman': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'sorry,': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.29; 'pm,': 0.29; 'example': 0.29; 'angry': 0.30; 'can.': 0.30; 'hurt': 0.30; 'sun,': 0.30; 'yes.': 0.30; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'comment': 0.32; 'that,': 0.33; 'received:209.85.160': 0.33; 'someone': 0.34; 'nobody': 0.34; 'anything': 0.34; 'received:209.85.160.46': 0.35; 'received:mail- pw0-f46.google.com': 0.35; 'operating': 0.35; 'url:python': 0.36; '...': 0.36; 'subject:with': 0.36; 'example,': 0.37; 'note,': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'another': 0.37; 'some': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.39; 'should': 0.39; 'everyone': 0.39; 'help': 0.39; "it's": 0.40; 'hit': 0.40; 'received:209': 0.40; 'might': 0.40; 'hope': 0.61; 'more': 0.61; 'your': 0.61; 'kind': 0.61; 'apologize': 0.63; 'here': 0.65; 'making': 0.67; '2012': 0.67; 'reply,': 0.67; 'url:2011': 0.74; 'funny': 0.76; 'joke': 0.84; 'malicious': 0.84; 'remark': 0.84; 'uploads': 0.84; 'chinese': 0.85; 'joke,': 0.93; 'url:07': 0.93; 'absolutely': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=EET1kQckbdh9uhmrsBpvuAzJb/kaYMcZwXRZeQTxY5Q=; b=tbYfY980tTjcQuuqB/ipM7l7kzNHJb73yVu9y0duBANSz25bZckGQRFfS6GCaTpRDG 06ejHYn0IfqFHHts6pZTMx3xjYONWQtO6xYCyrc8z4Ez0iNC24EuoSuaPGTuU8DPgVYg g7lAhk0LrPGMfpgOs8uT4uX+waJeGhneTEyCQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F00EB40.5040906@web.de> References: <4F00EB40.5040906@web.de> From: Devin Jeanpierre Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:05:17 -0500 Subject: Re: Spamming PyPI with stupid packages To: Alexander Kapps Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 52 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1325462767 news.xs4all.nl 6846 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56508 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18301 > Absolutely not funny. I hope that someday people will understand that sexism > is just another form of racism. One can understand that sexism is a terrible thing, and at the same time make sexist jokes. > Felinx Lee: Do apologize and rename your package/module or I'm going to make > a racist comment against Chinese people. This is a joke, right? Making some kind of racist remark about Chinese people wouldn't help anything at all, and it's hypocritical given your stance on sexist jokes. It's one thing to make a joke, to make people laugh, and inadvertently hurt someone's feelings. It's much worse to make a malicious comment to try to hurt someone deliberately. On a slightly different note, PyPI uploads are in fact already policed. See http://holdenweb.blogspot.com/2011/07/childish-behavior.html for an example Coincidentally, it also involved a joke that the PyPI maintainers found in poor taste. It's also a good example, if you read deeper into the history of the name and project, of how overzealous policing of these jokes can drive people away from your community, just as underzealous policing can. Please be less angry and more careful, and appreciate that, most likely, nobody here is operating under evil intentions. They are just operating under what you might call poor taste. -- Devin On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Alexander Kapps wrote: > Uh oh, should I really send this? ... Yes. Yes, I should! Sorry, I cannot > resists. > > >>>> allow everyone to do "import girlfriend" > > >> I'm betting on a joke, like antigravity only significantly less >> funny and more sexist. > > > Absolutely not funny. I hope that someday people will understand that sexism > is just another form of racism. > > I was about to write a really harsh reply, but cooled down before I got a > chance to hit the Send button. > > Felinx Lee: Do apologize and rename your package/module or I'm going to make > a racist comment against Chinese people. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list