[Python-Dev] Two small PEP ideas (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Apr 30 23:25:02 CEST 2010

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

As to Guido's point about the decision making process, Nick's right.  I just want to make sure we can capture the resolution in the PEP, be it by BDFL pronouncement or "hey, silence is acceptance" email.

I don't think "silence is acceptance" will work out in practice. For issues where a PEP was written in the first place, somebody will always object, and forever so, hoping that what he considers a mistake will not be done. The advantage of Guido acting as BDFL was that somebody would make an decision ultimately, one which both proponents and opponents of the PEP would accept. Without a BDFL, I think we need a committee to make decisions, e.g. by majority vote amongst committers. Couldn't we just go with the FLUFL?

IIRC in the IETF this is done by the committee chair. I think it's a good idea to have this be a single person to avoid endless indecision.

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