Python slithers into Wesnoth

I appreciate the analysis made in this article about the tone of the conversation. So many times in
collaborative (open/free) software development and in technical fora or channels the discussion
gets from condescending and unpleasant to inflammatory. The attitude sometimes is 'we do not do
polite, join in the fray or stay away', which I think is awful. This has probably been analyzed to
death in terms of geek culture, meritocracy, and the relative anonymity of online life. It has also
been labeled as something that repels a certain gender and people from different cultures, but I am
quite certain people in general are put off. The code of conduct is one of the things I really admire
in Ubuntu, it is hard to overestimate the value of what lies beneath it.