[Python-Dev] [Web-SIG] WSGI is now Python 3-friendly (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Sep 28 07:44:50 CEST 2010

Well, one of the tradeoffs here is that Informational track allows something to grow into a solid standard without also having to pass the same level of up-front scrutiny and commitment that a Standards track item does. I rather doubt that either the DBAPI or WSGI would've passed that scrutiny in early days, and the "free to ignore" part means that there's a lot less pushback on the minor points than generally occurs with Standards track PEPs.

The downside of an informational PEP is that it is unilateral. The author can put anything into it, and the community doesn't really get a voice in deciding on it. It's bad for quality (as I think you also point out) if the author of a PEP is also the one who pronounces on it.

Regards, Martin

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