Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!news.shlink.de!news1.wobline.de!news.bcc.de!newsfeeder.ewetel.de!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.046 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.91; '*S*': 0.00; 'pypi': 0.04; 'will,': 0.07; 'worse': 0.07; '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; '>>>': 0.18; 'community,': 0.19; 'slightly': 0.19; 'jan': 0.19; 'this?': 0.19; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; "doesn't": 0.22; '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; 'post': 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; 'free': 0.64; 'here': 0.65; 'making': 0.67; '2012': 0.67; 'reply,': 0.67; 'url:2011': 0.74; 'funny': 0.76; "author's": 0.84; 'joke': 0.84; 'malicious': 0.84; 'remark': 0.84; 'submissions.': 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=XPc6oh2rMmiRzoKzkvpBWQ/KUeDQVxZ6FDmcHpPrE9o=; b=ReEI3aB050SaefCGxJ5TLJ7uJzjJVoDcHiMArn59cf9ER8sv7p0edqMyTsKn4ALvv7 6eoeHF9EWBRxdmAQtzjSp8hR16qTxcgs1C4I+W1Wk4x7No2DVKnQ1VaKHJ0kS/427sOy Q6lAanMl1Sh8Qjcwm06hJ4QC4Cf7X7S89XiMk= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4F00EB40.5040906@web.de> From: Devin Jeanpierre Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:12:54 -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: 59 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1325463219 news.xs4all.nl 6903 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58536 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18303 Sorry, I lied. It's been a while and I misremembered. The package mentioned in the blog post was removed of the author's free will, and PyPI doesn't police submissions. -- Devin On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: >> 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