2010/4/25 <skip@pobox.com>:
>> Given that Sean is vouching for him I'm fine with it.
Antoine> I'm not sure I agree. Of course it could be argued the risk is Antoine> minimal, but I think it's better if all people go through the Antoine> same path of proving their motivation and quality of work. And Antoine> if there's something wrong with that process we'd better Antoine> address it than give random privileges to people we like :)
Let me expand on my original message. Sean has been an integral part of the Python community for many years, keeping much of our hardware and software humming and providing critical network expertise at PyCon. I don't think we have to be such slaves to a set of rules that we can't use an implicit trust network to make decisions in certain cases. I trust Sean's judgement.
I don't think Antoine is questioning Sean's judgement but rather that we should get into the habit of giving some people "shortcuts" through the regular process. -- Regards, Benjamin