I agree a name other than BDFL should be chosen, especially since (as I understand it) Guido is still BDFL but just taking a permanent vacation, and the name implies there should only be one.
Also, if we're considering particular people, I think Nick should also be considered. Should the position be decided before starting to decide who should fill it, though, or should it be decided with a particular person in mind? I feel like doing the former might be better, because that way we can also come up with the process for choosing the person, which we'll need at some point anyways. --Chris On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:55 PM, Kushal Das <kushal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:17 AM Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> [Barry Warsaw] >>> >>> ... >>> >>> * We retain a singular BDFL to lead Python >>> * A Council is selected to serve as advisors to the BDFL, a selection >>> committee for succession, and a check against the BDFL. >> >> > +1 to this idea including Brett as BDFL. Though I am wondering if > anyone asked Brett about it? > >> You made a fine case for that a single dictator is the best possible >> approach, for much the same reasons Emacs is the best possible editor. +1 >> >>> Brett Cannon >> >> >> Not my first choice, but ... yup, I got the email back. Kim Jong Un is too >> busy providing field guidance to potato farms and trolley manufacturers this >> year :-( >> >> So that leaves Brett! However, to secure my full enthusiastic support he'll >> first need to pledge to make porting Python to Red Star OS[1] his #1 BDFL >> priority. Since a committee or a (ugh!) democracy would never do that, it >> would prove he has the pigheadedness required to be an effective dictator ;-) >> > > Red Star OS has Python in it iirc :) Means less work for Brett. > > > Kushal > -- > Staff, Freedom of the Press Foundation > CPython Core Developer > Director, Python Software Foundation > https://kushaldas.in > _______________________________________________ > python-committers mailing list > python-committers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers > Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
