On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 2:15:09 PM Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote:
> > On Dec 2, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 1:59:20 PM Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > >> On Dec 02, 2014, at 06:21 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: >> >> >Well, if I'm going to be the Great Decider on this then I can say upfront >> >I'm taking a pragmatic view of preferring open but not mandating it, >> >preferring hg over git but not ruling out a switch, preferring >> Python-based >> >tools but not viewing it as a negative to not use Python, etc. I would >> like >> >to think I have earned somewhat of a reputation of being level-headed and >> >so none of this should really be a surprise to anyone. >> >> I think it's equally important to describe what criteria you will use to >> make >> this decision. E.g. are you saying all these above points will be >> completely >> ignored, or all else being equal, they will help tip the balance? >> > > Considering Guido just gave me this position I have not exactly had a ton > of time to think the intricacies out, but they are all positives and can > help tip the balance or break ties (I purposely worded all of that with > "prefer", etc.). For instance, if a FLOSS solution came forward that looked > to be good and close enough to what would be a good workflow along with > support commitments from the infrastructure team and folks to maintain the > code -- and this will have to people several people as experience with the > issue tracker has shown -- then that can help tip over the closed-source, > hosted solution which might have some perks. As for Python over something > else, that comes into play in open source more from a maintenance > perspective, but for closed source it would be a tie-breaker only since it > doesn't exactly influence the usability of the closed-source solution like > it does an open-source one. > > Basically I'm willing to give brownie points for open source and Python > stuff, but it is just that: points and not deal-breakers. > > > This sounds like a pretty reasonable attitude to take towards this. > > If we’re going to be experimenting/talking things over, should I withdraw > my PEP? > No because only two people have said they like the experiment idea so that's not exactly enough to say it's worth the effort. =) Plus GitHub could be chosen in the end. Basically a PEP staying in draft is no big deal.
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