On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 21:19 +0000, Ben Firshman wrote: > > On 24 Mar 2008, at 20:48, Rob Hudson wrote: > > > > On 3/24/08, James Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Ben Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >>> Would proposing a complete replacement be a tad too controversial > >>> for a GSoC > >>> project? > >> > >> > >> Yes. It also wouldn't succeed as a project, because it's the Google > >> *Summer* of Code, not the Google Several Years of Code. > > > > And it sounds like 'empty' and 'brosner' are making good headway on > > it... > > http://blog.michaeltrier.com/2008/3/21/django-sqlalchemy > > > > Yes, but that is intended as purely a separate plugin, not as > something part of Django. The code is there, it would just be a matter > of figuring out the logistics (and politics!) of working it into the > official distribution.
I like the way you use "just". As if it's a small thing that hasn't been addressed before. See http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/msg/948c1265145c46e3 which was written earlier this month, so it's hardly out of date. You seem to be operating on the assumption that this should somehow be part of the official distribution before it's had time to mature and develop a rabid following (even then, it's not a given, but that's certainly the first step -- although without the "rabid" bit). It's working excellently as an external project already, which eases the burden on the maintainers of both Django's core and that external project. That's an ideal situation for Open Source. Also "navigate politics to get something accepted into trunk that isn't particularly wanted at this time" isn't a Google Summer of Code project and we're not likely to bless a project that covers ground already being ably done by some other people. If you want to contribute to Django there are many things that aren't already being duplicated somewhere else. Please pick one of those (or head on over to django-sqlalchemy and help them out). Regards, Malcolm -- What if there were no hypothetical questions? http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
