[Python-Dev] Two small PEP ideas

[Barry Warsaw]

On Apr 30, 2010, at 04:28 PM, Steve Holden wrote:

>Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> As to Guido's point about the decision making process, Nick's right.  I just
>>> want to make sure we can capture the resolution in the PEP, be it by BDFL
>>> pronouncement or "hey, silence is acceptance" email.
>> 
>> I don't think "silence is acceptance" will work out in practice. For
>> issues where a PEP was written in the first place, somebody will
>> *always* object, and forever so, hoping that what he considers a mistake
>> will not be done. The advantage of Guido acting as BDFL was that
>> somebody would make an decision ultimately, one which both proponents
>> and opponents of the PEP would accept.
>> 
>> Without a BDFL, I think we need a committee to make decisions, e.g. by
>> majority vote amongst committers.
>
>Couldn't we just go with the FLUFL?

We could of course, and I would serve honorably <wink>.  But Guido's not
*that* much older than me, so you'd probably only get a few useful years out
of me before I start getting increasingly eccentric, re-opening and approving
PEPs like 313, 336, and 666.

In the meantime, let's groom Benjamin to be the Sacred Next Uncle Galvanizing
the Gamut of Language Evolution.

-Barry
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