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

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Mon May 3 17:44:13 CEST 2010

On Apr 30, 2010, at 04:28 PM, Steve Holden 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?

We could of course, and I would serve honorably . But Guido's not that much older than me, so you'd probably only get a few useful years out of me before I start getting increasingly eccentric, re-opening and approving PEPs like 313, 336, and 666.

In the meantime, let's groom Benjamin to be the Sacred Next Uncle Galvanizing the Gamut of Language Evolution.

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