[Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 (PyPI metadata 1.3) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Feb 3 07:37:54 CET 2013

On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

In doing the detailed review of PEP 426 as BDFL-Delegate, I keep noticing confusing problems with the current spec that mean I want to become a co-author on the spec, rather than explaining to the current authors the aspects I object to, until they produce a version that I'm happy with (this is frustrating for the authors as well, since several of the problems have been inherited from the previous version of the spec rather than being new in the current version).

Now, Guido's authored and accepted his own PEPs in the past, but to date we've avoided letting anyone else do that. Since I definitely want to co-author the new metadata PEP (mostly to address issues with the version specifier section and to include the rationale for changes, rather than merely listing them as previous versions of the metadata PEPs have done), that means one of the following needs to happen: - someone else volunteers to be BDFL-Delegate for PEP 426 (MvL, perhaps?) - I get clear approval (perhaps from Guido?) to be both co-author and BDFL-Delegate for PEP 426

I don't know or care much about PyPI metadata, so do what you feel is right. If you are uncomfortable being PEP-uncle and -author, find another author or another uncle. But since it doesn't affect the language or library, it's fine with me if you are both. :-)

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