When the infamous Bier trunk hits ... where is our Python backup?

Don't be afraid. This is just CEO talk. Let's imagine Python without a leader. All commercial companies...well ... are we free? Burkhard On Thursday, April 21, 2016, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
O Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 04:00:29AM -0700, Burkhard Meier wrote:
Well,
Just a thought.
I'm afraid I have no idea what you are referring to.
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Burkhard Meier <burkhardameier@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't be afraid.
This is just CEO talk.
Let's imagine Python without a leader.
All commercial companies...well ... are we free?
I still have no clue what you're talking about. Every project has a leader. If Guido dies, goes insane [1], or gets bored with the Python project, someone else can and will take over. ChrisA [1] More than usual, I mean. It has to be bad enough that we'd notice.

On Apr 21, 2016, at 10:43 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
I still have no clue what you're talking about. Every project has a leader. If Guido dies, goes insane [1], or gets bored with the Python project, someone else can and will take over.
Fortunately, the Python Secret Underground (PSU) which most emphatically does not exist, has a succession plan involving three questions and holy gr
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