[Python-Dev] PEP 3003 - Python Language Moratorium

[Barry Warsaw]

On Nov 3, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I've checked draft (!) PEP 3003, "Python Language Moratorium", into
> SVN. As authors I've listed Jesse, Brett and myself.
>
> On python-ideas the moratorium idea got fairly positive responses
> (more positive than I'd expected, in fact) but I'm bracing myself for
> fierce discussion here on python-dev. It's important to me that if if
> this is accepted it is a "rough consensus" decision (working code we
> already have plenty of :-), not something enforced by a vocal minority
> or an influential individual such as myself. If there's too much
> opposition I'll withdraw the PEP so as not to waste everybody's time
> with a fruitless discussion.
>
> The PEP tries to spell out some gray areas but I'm sure there will be
> others; that's life. Do note that the PEP proposes to be *retroactive*
> back to the 3.1 release, i.e. the "frozen" version of the language is
> the state in which it was released as 3.1.

I think this is a great idea.  I'd love to see the energy normally put  
into evolving the language into making the stdlib really kick ass.

-Barry

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