On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:53 AM <salerno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In my humble opinion, this doesn't warrant the creation of a new structure, > but rather a restructuring of PEPs. > > As mentioned by others, we have a "Rejected Ideas" section already, but that > seems to somewhat miss the point. It captures only the arguments that have > won, arguments moved against specific parts of the PEP which have managed to > overthrow that specific part. >
"Rejected Ideas" is more about alternatives, not about why this entire proposal should be rejected. > I propose to expand this into a section (call it Anti-PEP if you like, though > I'd prefer something less arcane myself) that systematically approaches every > argument moved against the PEP as a whole and any specific part of it, > signalling the state of each objection (updated on a schedule, perhaps). > Yep! A number of PEPs have "Objections" sections. I think that'd be a good title for it. > This would achieve: > - Keeping everyone informed at a glance on every objection. > - Prevent duplicate objections, as you'd be aware of similar objections to > the one you want to raise and have your voice be heard there. > - Put all the pros and cons in one place, clearly labelled. > - Give a better overview of the objective arguments for and against: I > believe subjective and emotional motivations would end up being compressed by > the format in a way that would make it clear whether there is any value to > them. > Agreed. If a PEP author doesn't feel s/he can do justice to the Objections section, it would make very good sense to collaborate with someone of opposing view for that purpose. And if someone feels that the PEP author isn't properly representing the opposing views, raise the matter and ask the author to expand that section. I don't think we need any concept of "Anti-PEP", but I would definitely support a push to have a better "Objections" section in controversial PEPs. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/UYAF5U3E27Z5XIC73VO6QHAJG3Z74B3L/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
