[Python-Dev] PEP 481 - Migrate Some Supporting Repositories to Git and Github

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 2:15:09 PM Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:

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> On Dec 2, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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> On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 1:59:20 PM Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
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>> On Dec 02, 2014, at 06:21 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
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>> >Well, if I'm going to be the Great Decider on this then I can say upfront
>> >I'm taking a pragmatic view of preferring open but not mandating it,
>> >preferring hg over git but not ruling out a switch, preferring
>> Python-based
>> >tools but not viewing it as a negative to not use Python, etc. I would
>> like
>> >to think I have earned somewhat of a reputation of being level-headed and
>> >so none of this should really be a surprise to anyone.
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>> I think it's equally important to describe what criteria you will use to
>> make
>> this decision.  E.g. are you saying all these above points will be
>> completely
>> ignored, or all else being equal, they will help tip the balance?
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> Considering Guido just gave me this position I have not exactly had a ton
> of time to think the intricacies out, but they are all positives and can
> help tip the balance or break ties (I purposely worded all of that with
> "prefer", etc.). For instance, if a FLOSS solution came forward that looked
> to be good and close enough to what would be a good workflow along with
> support commitments from the infrastructure team and folks to maintain the
> code -- and this will have to people several people as experience with the
> issue tracker has shown -- then that can help tip over the closed-source,
> hosted solution which might have some perks. As for Python over something
> else, that comes into play in open source more from a maintenance
> perspective, but for closed source it would be a tie-breaker only since it
> doesn't exactly influence the usability of the closed-source solution like
> it does an open-source one.
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> Basically I'm willing to give brownie points for open source and Python
> stuff, but it is just that: points and not deal-breakers.
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> This sounds like a pretty reasonable attitude to take towards this.
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> If we’re going to be experimenting/talking things over, should I withdraw
> my PEP?
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No because only two people have said they like the experiment idea so
that's not exactly enough to say it's worth the effort. =) Plus GitHub
could be chosen in the end.

Basically a PEP staying in draft is no big deal.
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