Is Python Mac Centric???

[Tim Peters]

[Tim]
>> Mark likes having a release schedule independent of Python's, and
>> Guido hates Mark's coding style.  Both act against folding the
>> Windows extensions into the core.

[Peter Åstrand]
> So, theoretically, if another person stepped forward that re-indented
> the source code and was happy about following the Python release
> schedule, then the extensions could be added?

Not really.  It would have to be someone who could make a credible case that
they're going to continue supporting this spinoff of Mark's work, year after
year.  Guido has grown (with good reason) wary of accepting code into the
core unless it comes with a credible plan for supporting it after the
initial contributor loses interest (gets a real job <wink>, dies, etc).

> I think it's a shame that such minor issues as coding style and
> release schedules should block an important thing like this.

To the contrary, it's ongoing maintenance that consumes the most time in any
project, and those "minor issues" are major from that perspective.
Python-style docs and test suites would also need to be created.