[Python-Dev] PEP 3003 - Python Language Moratorium

[Doug Hellmann]

On Nov 3, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Michael Foord wrote:

> Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> On Nov 3, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>>> I've checked draft (!) PEP 3003, "Python Language Moratorium", into
>>> SVN. As authors I've listed Jesse, Brett and myself.
>>>
>>> On python-ideas the moratorium idea got fairly positive responses
>>> (more positive than I'd expected, in fact) but I'm bracing myself  
>>> for
>>> fierce discussion here on python-dev. It's important to me that if  
>>> if
>>> this is accepted it is a "rough consensus" decision (working code we
>>> already have plenty of :-), not something enforced by a vocal  
>>> minority
>>> or an influential individual such as myself. If there's too much
>>> opposition I'll withdraw the PEP so as not to waste everybody's time
>>> with a fruitless discussion.
>>>
>>> The PEP tries to spell out some gray areas but I'm sure there will  
>>> be
>>> others; that's life. Do note that the PEP proposes to be  
>>> *retroactive*
>>> back to the 3.1 release, i.e. the "frozen" version of the language  
>>> is
>>> the state in which it was released as 3.1.
>>
>> I think this is a great idea.  I'd love to see the energy normally  
>> put into evolving the language into making the stdlib really kick  
>> ass.
>>
>
> +lots

Ditto.

Doug