On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 at 08:50, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Indeed. A hard deadline concentrates the mind. It doesn't need to be > tomorrow, I think your choosen dates are a great balance, neither too > quick nor too drawn out. But it also encourages people (particularly people with limited free time) to rush decisions, and focus on "getting something done in time", rather than "doing the right thing". Balancing those two pressures is not easy, and the balance point varies significantly between individuals. > If Python is still rudderless by Christmas, I think we have failed. Do you really consider Python "rudderless" at the moment? I only really see two threads (excluding this one ;-)) that could give that impression - "None-aware operators", where the discussion was deliberately re-opened when Guido stepped down, to have a debate in the absence of a BDFL (a decision which I personally feel was ill-advised, but which IMO excludes it from any consideration in this context) and the discussion on optimising PyCFunction (which is highly technical, and has 2 specialists disagreeing - that's pretty much guaranteed to drag on for a while). Most things are carrying on as usual (with a certain level of people wondering what will happen, but not in a way that's blocking activity). I honestly think that describing the current situation as "rudderless" and a "failure" if it carries on, is a pretty big exaggeration. Maybe at worst, Python 3.8 will be relatively light on new features, but that's not necessarily a bad thing (and yes, I understand that's a decision by inaction. but personally I'm OK with it). Not so much a moratorium, as "taking a breath". Paul _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/