On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> 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?
IIRC in the IETF this is done by the committee chair. I think it's a good idea to have this be a single person to avoid endless indecision. > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > See PyCon Talks from Atlanta 2010 http://pycon.blip.tv/ > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ > UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
