Leaving pytest for now

Who?

Github: Bruno Oliveira, Anthony Sottile, and Ronny Pfannschmidt

Project: pytest

Date: 04/10/2020

Why?

Bruno had sent an email to the pytest developer mailing list, talking about how they were leaving the project. They cited that, because of a singular individual, they needed to leave the project.

However, the past months or so one individual has drained my will to workn on the project because of his interactions, so I decided it is best that I leave the project for a while and focus on other things.

But it didn’t stop there… Anthony replied to Bruno, announcing that they were leaving as well. They too were leaving because of that single individual.

Also echoing the concerns of Bruno I’ll be stepping down from my role as core developer on pytest.

I love working on the project but cannot continue to do so when working with a particular individual has been extremely draining. I, in good faith, cannot continue to represent a project which enables this individual’s behaviour towards other contributors and users.

Then Ronny replied, mentioning that “joy is absent” and as a result they will be joining Anthony and Bruno.

after contemplaing a while i decided to join Bruno and Anthony. When i returned from my hiatus i declared that joy will be important,

currently that joy is absent.