On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 13:39, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/1/23 "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de>: >>> Brett mentioned in his email that he wasn't ready to make a decision yet, I >>> think? I also think that the PEP could still use some modifications from >>> people >>> who have more experience with the DVCSs. >> >> My question really was whether it is already ready for the wider >> audience up for discussion (and if so, what it is that should be >> discussed). It seems that it's not the case, so I just sit back and wait >> until its ready. > > That's the impression I got - until Brett reaches the point of "Call > for rebuttals", he's not looking for input (other than factual > corrections of the capability and scenario sections).
That's right. > I'm not sure I'm > comfortable with sitting back and waiting to quite that extent (I'm > *already* biting my tongue over some of Brett's comments with which I > strongly disagree), but I'd rather not have the PEP dissolve in a > flamewar before Brett has a chance to study things better. > It's going to dissolve anyway. I am just trying to keep it to a single situation instead of having to go over it multiple times. > I appreciate the need for a considered, logical evaluation, but I'm > not sure keeping the lid on the impassioned arguments is going to make > them any less likely to explode when they finally do happen. I know it will explode. I am just trying to save myself the time of not having to reply to the flood of emails that I know will come before I have finished even thinking things through. It's like people asking questions during a presentation that happen to be strongly affected by the next slide; you can ask, but you might as well wait until all the info is presented to start talking. -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
