I think we could do ourselves a favor by taking the feedback seriously and not being so dismissive of criticism. There are pros and cons of the various approaches and we happen to think Web2py's design decisions have good merit. Hiding behind DRY for the importing situation is not productive. The reality is that it is a relatively non-standard approach but one that we think makes good sense and is certainly "real" Python.
It's fine to get the word out but let's not look like trolls on every Python framework thread. There is still a dearth of significant Web2py-based sites. Let's work on that.
