The original author (who is also the leading maintainer of httpx, another huge package) started a crusade against male-dominated spaces such as... Github issues and discussions.
>So… sharing the source isn’t the problem here. The issue is the GitHub working environment. I’m not interested in the smokey boys-only-club atmosphere, it feels starkly unprofessional.
>We’re not having any more conversation in all-male online spaces. Not happening.
It looks like 3 weeks ago a similar change happened in httpx - github discussions were disabled. https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784
>I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it's not reflective of the type of working environments I value.
As a mkdocs user and a httpx user I find that concerning - I hope personal issues won't harm those projects long term (well it looks like mkdocs is already dead).
I’ve been looking at Zensical https://zensical.org/ as a replacement, but I couldn’t fully reason why they went off and did their own thing. I wasn’t sure if it was a money grab or what their motivation was.
This article provided the context I needed to understand the why. We’re going to definitely give them a shot.
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