[Python-Dev] PEP 481 - Migrate Some Supporting Repositories to Git and Github (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 10:54:56 CET 2014

On 30 November 2014 at 15:23, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

Python is already using quite a bit of non-free software in its ecosystem. The Windows builds of CPython are made with Microsoft's compiler, and the recent discussion about shifting to Cygwin or MinGW basically boiled down to "but it ought to be free software", and that was considered not a sufficiently strong argument. In each case, the decision has impact on other people (using MSVC for the official python.org installers means extension writers need to use MSVC too; and using GitHub means that contributors are strongly encouraged, possibly required, to use GitHub); so why is it acceptable to use a non-free compiler, but not acceptable to use a non-free host?

Relying on non-free software to support users of a non-free platform is rather different from requiring the use of non-free software to participate in core Python community design processes.

Regards, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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