[Python-Dev] On the necessity of PEPs [was "collections.sortedtree"]

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:32:02 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Most of the time when I hear people say "the PEP process is too
> difficult", I eventually find that what they really mean is "learning
> the kinds of things that python-dev are likely to be worried about,
> and ensuring that the PEP adequately addresses their concerns, and
> listening to feedback, and reconsidering what I actually want, and
> revising my proposal, such that they eventually say yes is too time
> consuming".

Well, the PEP process *is* difficult and not only because you have to
learn the kinds of things that python-dev are likely to be worried
about. Getting a PEP accepted for a feature is much more work than
getting a feature accepted in the bug tracker.

Regards

Antoine.