[Python-Dev] Two small PEP ideas

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> As to Guido's point about the decision making process, Nick's right.  I just
>>> want to make sure we can capture the resolution in the PEP, be it by BDFL
>>> pronouncement or "hey, silence is acceptance" email.
>>
>> I don't think "silence is acceptance" will work out in practice. For
>> issues where a PEP was written in the first place, somebody will
>> *always* object, and forever so, hoping that what he considers a mistake
>> will not be done. The advantage of Guido acting as BDFL was that
>> somebody would make an decision ultimately, one which both proponents
>> and opponents of the PEP would accept.
>>
>> Without a BDFL, I think we need a committee to make decisions, e.g. by
>> majority vote amongst committers.
>
> Couldn't we just go with the FLUFL?

IIRC in the IETF this is done by the committee chair. I think it's a
good idea to have this be a single person to avoid endless indecision.

> regards
>  Steve
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