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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20100503/3ab7cd92/attachment.pgp>
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