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There seems to be a bunch of downsides mentioned... But what are the upsides of this change?

ddorian43 1mo ago
https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784 https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784 > I've closed off access to issues and discussions. > I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it's not reflective of the type of working environments I value. https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1rl5kuq/anyone_know_whats_up_with_httpx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1rl5kuq/anyone_know...
- philipallstar 1mo ago
  It's like that time I started a primary school and then closed it because I hated that the overwhelming majority of employees were women.
- porridgeraisin 1mo ago
  This has happened in many packages contributed to by this person. Mkdocs e.g
  - sunaookami 1mo ago
    Oh boy, no wonder MkDocs became an absolute shit-show that fucked everyone over... https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/discussions/4077#discussioncomment-15687765 https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/discussions/4077#discussion...
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  - giov4 1mo ago
    unbelievable, how can a single person affect negatively FOSS so much? I mean really, closing repos? excluding maintainers? committing only on private repos? This type of behavior should be moderated and banned from any FOSS activity to avoid exactly this situation of becoming a liability. I've never seen a open source project page without a github link or a git clone ref like this https://www.encode.io/hx/ https://www.encode.io/hx/ it is so ridiculous, wasn't that stuff on github? and isn't it anyway there due to over 1k forks? what's the advantage of having this behaviour? I see it only damaging towards the person, the project and the community.
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- solox3 1mo ago
  Did this move improve the ratio of gender representation in the software development community?
  - superze 1mo ago
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- dgellow 1mo ago
  That’s fair, good for the maintainer to consider his personal values with regards to projects he wants to spend his time on
- ExoticPearTree 1mo ago
  What does gender has to do with software development?
  - ddorian43 1mo ago
    [flagged]
  - duskdozer 1mo ago
    I don't know anything about the history/context here, but in general an example would be if a developer were to receive gender-based harassment.
    - ExoticPearTree 1mo ago
      You know you can delete emails and messages you don’t like, right? And again, both genders can write good/bad software just the same.
kova12 1mo ago
You no longer need to jump through the hoops in order to support your own root CA

https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784 https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784 > I've closed off access to issues and discussions. > I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it's not reflective of the type of working environments I value. https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1rl5kuq/anyone_know_whats_up_with_httpx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1rl5kuq/anyone_know...

philipallstar 1mo ago
It's like that time I started a primary school and then closed it because I hated that the overwhelming majority of employees were women.
porridgeraisin 1mo ago
This has happened in many packages contributed to by this person. Mkdocs e.g
- sunaookami 1mo ago
  Oh boy, no wonder MkDocs became an absolute shit-show that fucked everyone over... https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/discussions/4077#discussioncomment-15687765 https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/discussions/4077#discussion...
  - deleted 1mo ago
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- giov4 1mo ago
  unbelievable, how can a single person affect negatively FOSS so much? I mean really, closing repos? excluding maintainers? committing only on private repos? This type of behavior should be moderated and banned from any FOSS activity to avoid exactly this situation of becoming a liability. I've never seen a open source project page without a github link or a git clone ref like this https://www.encode.io/hx/ https://www.encode.io/hx/ it is so ridiculous, wasn't that stuff on github? and isn't it anyway there due to over 1k forks? what's the advantage of having this behaviour? I see it only damaging towards the person, the project and the community.
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solox3 1mo ago
Did this move improve the ratio of gender representation in the software development community?
- superze 1mo ago
  [flagged]
dgellow 1mo ago
That’s fair, good for the maintainer to consider his personal values with regards to projects he wants to spend his time on
ExoticPearTree 1mo ago
What does gender has to do with software development?
- ddorian43 1mo ago
  [flagged]
- duskdozer 1mo ago
  I don't know anything about the history/context here, but in general an example would be if a developer were to receive gender-based harassment.
  - ExoticPearTree 1mo ago
    You know you can delete emails and messages you don’t like, right? And again, both genders can write good/bad software just the same.

kova12 1mo ago

You no longer need to jump through the hoops in order to support your own root CA