Re: Updating http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html

On 28 Apr, 2008, at 12:22, Richard Foley wrote:
> Well, I started to revise it myself once, but didn't get much of an  
> answer
> from anywhere about how to take it on either.  I wasn't offered my  
> own new
> wiki-thread though, maybe I didn't ask the right person...

What, did you have problems finding my email address, too? :)

>>
> Sure, I can see what you mean, and that sounds very altruistic, to  
> keep
> Elaine's material 'on file' so to speak.  It's a highly defensible  
> position,
> on the face of it, but in reality, we all know what being quietly  
> side-lined
> means.

History repeats itself time and time again. You get the people you  
deserve by the silent majority remaining silent. Just like all the  
politics inside Parrot. The silent remain silent and things continue  
on just as they did in the days of P5P. For years many have  
plaintively commented as to why there are so few women in perl,  
especially when compared to other projects, and you need only look to  
yourselves.

There were any number of more tactful methods to do what has been  
done here, but the way of Perl is to get the knife and twist it hard  
because feeling good about any contribution must not be allowed. And  
the silent sit there and let it happen. Jarkko's thanks after 5 years  
leading up to 5.8 was a lot of bitching about 'core bloat'.

The parting 'fuck you' is the perl way.

e.