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I've not followed any of the Nix drama (nor anything but the most basic Nix posts). I will say, having known McDonc for like 15-20 years - I would tend to take

• zahlman 2y ago
  To be clear, while Mr. McDonough has been involved in the recent Nix community drama, the current post regards the Python community - Tim Peters is a Python core developer. I joined HN today because I learned that there have been threads discussing this situation. I was also personally involved. I have my own blog post about Mr. Peters' suspension at https://zahlman.github.io/politics/the-psf/2024/08/10/open-letter-psf-coc-wg-addendum-1-tim-peters.html https://zahlman.github.io/politics/the-psf/2024/08/10/open-l... . I would say that Mr. McDonough's interpretation of the Work Group's actions and reasoning is likely more accurate than my own, and he gives far more character evidence to support Mr. Peters (actually, I cut out my own in editing, mainly out of concern for length). On the other hand, I've tried to present a narrative that makes it clearer who said what and when, with citations to the best of my ability. (However, this only covers things said on the Discourse forum itself; I was not subscribed to any corresponding mailing lists, etc.) And, of course, it's written from my own perspective, and following on from a piece about my own banning.