[Python-checkins] r72563 - peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM, David Goodger <goodger at python.org> wrote:
> Dirkjan, I appreciate the desire to go forward with the transition, and I
> applaud your initiative, but this is not the way to do it.  A new PEP is
> appropriate here.  Please revert revision 72563 and create a new PEP.
>
> There are three warning bells ringing loudly here:
>
> 1. The PEP title was changed.
>
> 2. The authors were changed.  This is, IMO, incredibly rude.
>
> 3. Huge swaths of the existing PEP were ripped out.  Effectively a complete
> rewrite.  This feels like revising history.

David,

Thanks for letting me know about your thinking on this.

I'd like to state that Martin v. Lowis proposed this as a good way
forward (updating the current PEP). I know that changing the authors
seems a bit strong, but all of their work has been removed from the
PEP and moved to a separate wiki page, which the current version of
the PEP clearly points to. The PEP, along with the contents of the
wiki page, still clearly show who the authors of that work were. So I
don't feel I've misrepresented the work that was done, though I'd be
happy to restore the authors and/or the PEP contents if that's deemed
more appropriate. I just followed the path that Martin recommended
(since I don't know enough about PEP processes to have a strong
opinion on this).

It also might be actually useful if the comparison page can be easily
updated by a broader community, so that it will stay a valuable guide
to all the projects looking to switch sometime soon.

Cheers,

Dirkjan