[Python-Dev] Time for py3k@python.org or a Py3K Wiki?
Brett C.
bac at OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Oct 22 21:02:43 EDT 2003
Skip Montanaro wrote:
> These various discussions are moving along a bit too rapidly for me to keep
> up. We have been discussing language issues which are going to impact
> Python 3.0, either by deprecating current language constructs which can't be
> eliminated until then (e.g., the global statement) or by tossing around
> language construct ideas which will have to wait until then for their
> implementation (other mechanisms for variable access in outer scopes).
> Unfortunately, I'm afraid these things are going to get lost in the sea of
> other python-dev topics and be forgotten about then the time is ripe.
>
> Maybe this would be a good time to create a py3k at python.org mailing list
> with more restrictions than python-dev (posting by members only? membership
> by invitation?) so we can more easily separate these ideas from shorter term
> issues and keep track of them in a separate Mailman archive. I'd suggest
> starting a Wiki, but that seems a bit too "global". You can restrict Wiki
> mods in MoinMoin to users who are logged in, but I'm not sure you can
> restrict signups very well.
>
I would support doing *something*. My personal hell that is all of
these threads seems to be getting deeper and deeper. But making it
invitation-only might stifle some ideas. But then again it might be a
while before Python 3 has to be worried about so maybe that is not that
big of an issue now.
God I hope Raymond has PEP 289 updated before the next summary is due.
-Brett
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