Please note: This proposal is currently on hold, until we have fleshed out a better proposal to fill in the gap that is created by removing the CoC responsibility from the SC. Please see this message for details. I will send out a new email when the poll is ready to be rescheduled. Thank you for your understanding.
As discussed in topic Calling for a Vote of No Confidence - Committers - Discussions on Python.org, I am proposing a change to PEP 13, which removes the responsibility to handle CoC topics from the SC.
You can find the draft PR for PEP 13 implementing this proposal at PEP 13 Change Proposal - Remove CoC responsibility - Pull Request #4134 · python/peps. I will finalize the PR before opening the poll below.
Motivation
The reasoning behind this change is simple:
The SC was created to steer the development of the Python programming language and as such requires deep understanding of language design, knowledge of how Python is being used and a good sense for the Python communityâs needs.
Conflating these main requirements with additional and orthogonal HR management skills does not do anyone a favor.
We want to have the SC focus on itâs main tasks and do those well, without getting stressed and side tracked, having to also deal with non-technical issues in a completely different domain.
Tasks related to guiding the community in questions of conduct and moderation to help steer clear of issues can well be managed outside the scope of the SC, eg. by people participating in discussions and, if needed, by those who run the communication platforms we use.
Change procedure
PEP 13 doesnât specify the procedure on how to run votes on changes, but Guido had already run a change proposal for PEP 13 a couple of week ago, so Iâm following the same procedure.
The poll for the change will be open for two weeks starting from Sunday, 2024-11-24, until Sunday, 2024-12-08 AoE. I will try to email all core developers to inform them of this poll.
TBD: Anonymous poll with the following answersâŠ
- Letâs make this change
- Please leave things as they are
- I wish to abstain
Edit history:
- Removed the âyesâ and ânoâ from the poll items as per @hugovk 's suggestion.
- Removed one additional spot where PEP 13 mentioned conduct issues. Thanks to @barry for spotting this one.
- Put proposal on hold. See this message for details.