18 Jul
2018
18 Jul
'18
5:46 a.m.
[Barry Warsaw]
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- We retain a singular BDFL to lead Python
- A Council is selected to serve as advisors to the BDFL, a selection committee for succession, and a check against the BDFL.
You made a fine case for that a single dictator is the best possible approach, for much the same reasons Emacs is the best possible editor. +1
Brett Cannon
Not my first choice, but ... yup, I got the email back. Kim Jong Un is too busy providing field guidance to potato farms and trolley manufacturers this year :-(
So that leaves Brett! However, to secure my full enthusiastic support he'll first need to pledge to make porting Python to Red Star OS[1] his #1 BDFL priority. Since a committee or a (ugh!) democracy would never do that, it would prove he has the pigheadedness required to be an effective dictator ;-)