[Python-ideas] Proposal: Moratorium on Python language changes

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> Having an "official sandbox" is completely irrelevant (and probably
> counterproductive) if core development is happening in a DVCS. If people
> want to experiment, they will be able to experiment by branching into
> their own repository. Trying to create an "official sandbox" (or, more
> likely, use the existing sandbox) defeats the whole point of the
> exercise, since it just brings the CPython admins back into the loop and
> will generate a pile of irrelevant traffic on python-checkins.
>
> In short, a moratorium that said "we won't accept things into trunk, but
> you can still pester us to add things to our official sandbox" would be
> a pointless exercise.
>
> Moving to a DVCS, putting a core language change moratorium in place for
> a few years, then looking to see what improvements have been developed
> outside the core tree as the moratorium is running down (and what
> feedback has been received over that time) would be far more sensible.

100% in agreement.

marcos