On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:05:07 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull.stephen...@u.tsukuba.ac.jp> wrote: > Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev writes: > > > Possessive and obstructive behavior like Victor describes below is > > incompatible with the bazaar model of development (=a model where > > the dev team accepts contributions from a wide range of people). > > True, but Python *modules* have frequently followed a not-exactly- > benevolent dictator model.[1]
Or even Python itself, putting aside "benevolent" which is a subjective judgement affected by selection bias: those who don't approve of a "B"DFL's governance tend to leave the project, so the remainers generally find him quite benevolent. Bazaar vs. cathedral is really a false dichotomy, there are lots of concrete variations between the two but also on other dimensions. In every project, you have insiders who act as gatekeepers wrt. external contributions (can be a singular insider, too). (also I would take Eric Raymond's writings with a pinch of salt, personally; they were written in the context of an ideological battle between free software and open source advocates, and criticizing the "cathedral" model was also a way of getting at the GNU project) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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/JBWW2VT3K4YPZ2U2OS2C35DG2GIGZN4G/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
