[python-committers] An alternative governance model

[Kushal Das]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:17 AM Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
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> [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.
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+1 to this idea including Brett as BDFL. Though I am wondering if
anyone asked Brett about it?

> 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
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>> Brett Cannon
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> 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 :-(
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> 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 ;-)
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Red Star OS has Python in it iirc :) Means less work for Brett.


Kushal
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