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[Python-Dev] the Benevolent Dictator (was: Internationalization Toolkit)

[Python-Dev] the Benevolent Dictator (was: Internationalization Toolkit)M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:30:28 +0100
Greg Stein wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > <IMO>
> > Since this is the first time a Python Consortium member is
> > pushing development, I think we can learn a lot here. For one,
> > it should be clear that money doesn't buy everything, OTOH,
> > we cannot put the whole thing at risk just because
> > of some minor disagreement that cannot be solved between the
> > parties. The standard solution for the latter should be a
> > customized Python interpreter.
> > </IMO>
> 
> hehe... funny you mention this. Go read the Consortium docs. Last time
> that I read them, there are no "parties" to reach consensus. *Every*
> technical decision regarding the Python language falls to the Technical
> Director (Guido, of course). I looked. I found nothing that can override
> the T.D.'s decisions and no way to force a particular decision.
> 
> Guido is still the Benevolent Dictator :-)

Sure, but have you considered the option of a member simply bailing
out ? HP could always stop funding Unicode integration. That wouldn't
help us either...
 
> Cheers,
> -g
> 
> p.s. yes, there is always the caveat that "sure, Guido has final say" but
> "Al can fire him at will for being too stubborn" :-) ... but hey, Guido's
> title does have the word Benevolent in it, so things are cool...

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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