[Python-Dev] 2.4 news reaches interesting places (original) (raw)

Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Thu Dec 9 11:17:02 CET 2004

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 08:30:02PM -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

As I explained later in that message, "native" simply means, "has an .exe extension on Windows".

And very soon that strategy will backfire - people will start PRing "but those .exe's are nothing more than a python interpreter in disguise" which in my opnion is even worse.

All of the discussion about actually improving Python's performance is moot for PR purposes.

Hence we must stop spending our very valuable time thinking about PR and return to actually improving Python (not only performance).

If the goal is to achieve a PR win, the important thing is to pick a meme that's capable of succeeding, and stay "on message" with it.

Translating to a plain langauge: "PSF should spend money spreading around a counter-PR". I am afraid PSF doesn't have enough money, and even if it has - should we really run down that path?

Oleg.

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