Thank you, Siddhartha Kasivajhula, for expressing this. I am an "ordinary" Racket user - I don't hack on Racket itself, I don't even create DSLs (yet). But I care about Racket a lot, I tell people about it, I write software in it, and I even contributed a small feature to a racket package.
I was glad to see the Apology email on the list. I think this is a good first step. And I very much understand this is a difficult situation. But I agree there is a crucial next element that is needed: a clear strategy on handling these issues in the future, a commitment to addressing the problem in addition accepting it exists. There are two links I would like to share: The Racket Friendly Environment Policy: https://racket-lang.org/friendly.html It says: > Unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated. (Where unacceptable behavior is defined it a page linked from the Policy.) And a blog post I saw the other day on Software Freedom Conservancy's blog: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/apr/20/how-to-apologize/ I think it has many constructive points. Best, -- Yury Bulka https://mamot.fr/@setthemfree #NotOnFacebook Siddhartha Kasivajhula <[email protected]> writes: > I just want to add my words on behalf of the silent majority. I think it is > important to look for ways to empower people like Matthew Butterick who have > contributed significantly to the community and done much to raise the > profile > of the Racket language. While his code contributions are evident, we should > also bear in mind that there is much of value that cannot be parsed by the > reader, and is not easy to evaluate. It takes a special sagacity to do the > kind > of community building that he has done, and I know I've been grateful to > read > some of his - relatively infrequent now - posts on this list in the past. > It's > heartening to see apologies from those involved. We all make mistakes, and > apologies are not easy. I hope that those familiar will also, based on an > honest appraisal of the facts and sincere reflection, take necessary steps > to > ensure that this kind of thing doesn't happen in the future. I hope and > believe > we can do more to help people feel welcome and encouraged, and in > particular, I > am sure I speak for many when I say that I hope that we can make it right > with > Matthew. > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 7:07 PM Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We were saddened to read [Matthew Butterick's recent post]. Matthias >> has written his own [apology] in response. >> >> For our part, some of us were present for the interaction between >> Matthew Butterick and Matthias Felleisen and some of us learned about >> it later. We did not intervene in the way that we should have, and we >> are sorry. >> >> If you wish to offer your thoughts to the people named below, the >> email address [email protected] will reach us directly. >> >> Jay McCarthy >> John Clements >> Matthew Flatt >> Robby Findler >> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt >> >> [Matthew Butterick's recent post]: >> >> https://beautifulracket.com/appendix/why-i-no-longer-contribute-to-racket.html >> [his own apology]: https://felleisen.org/matthias/Thoughts/Apology.html >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAK%3DHD%2BZrg1dw%3Ds1HnO17hBU55x%2B%3D9XkEonLxNjwyi-gu1jrfcw%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/87eecuwdtv.fsf%40privacyrequired.com.
