Python evolution: Unease

[Steve Holden]

Aahz wrote:

> In article <1104831798.408560.228940 at c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>  <michele.simionato at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Maybe a PSF grant would help? I guess this has been considered ...
> 
> 
> The first three PSF grants were all in some way not directly related to
> changing the core language.  One was for a library, one for improving
> Jython, and one for improving docs.  Giving the PSF more money increases
> the chances for additional work.

I would, however, like to make the point that the Foundation is much 
more likely to fund work that actually gets proposed for a grant, since 
the officers don't generally have the time to inspire teams and promote 
specific topics. So if a bunch of like-minded people wanted to get 
together to propose a specific set of changes, it would then at least be 
possible to consider such changes for funding.

There's also a lot of good work that goes on unfunded, of course, and I 
wouldn't like to see the grants process subvert such public-spirited 
efforts in any way. So there's nothing to stop a bunch of like-minded 
individuals proposing changes anyway, through the existing process.

Lastly, the Foundation has only just started to make grants, and so we 
need a little time to see how the existing projects go before we can 
evaluate the success or failure of the process (at least on the existing 
projects, whose outcomes may or may not be related to the grant process).

regards
  Steve
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