[Python-checkins] r72563 - peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>>> 2. The authors were changed.  This is, IMO, incredibly rude.
>> Why is it rude? The original author agreed to that change.
> 
> What about the other three? I.e. the ones that were removed (Stephen
> J. Turnbull, Alexandre Vassalotti, and Barry Warsaw). Were they
> consulted?

No, they were not consulted.

>> There have been changes to the list of authors in other PEPs before,
>> and nobody complained.
> 
> I'm not aware of authors being removed before. Can you cite a case?

For PEP 282, authorship was transferred from Trent Mick to Vinay Sajip.
AMK removed himself from PEP 3100.

>>> 3. Huge swaths of the existing PEP were ripped out.  Effectively a complete
>>> rewrite.  This feels like revising history.
>> It was only done to improve the PEP.
> 
> To improve a building, it can be renovated, or it can be torn down and
> a new one built in its place. Why tear down this one?

Because it just isn't a proper PEP! It didn't specify anything. It was
"just" a tutorial. Now, with Dirkjan's edits, it would specify
something: namely a procedure to move to hg.

Regards,
Martin