On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:49:33 +0100, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tarek_Ziad=E9?= <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> > wrote: > > I don't see any information in the PEP for alternate proposals that were > > made during its drafting. It's customary to explain what alternative > > proposals have been advanced, and give the PEP champion's explanation of > > why they weren't chosen. [...] > > This is, of course, in the interests of forestalling further repetition > > of those same discussions. > > Right, I see what you mean, and I was indeed expecting that some > people were going to ask things that we already talked about at > Distutils-SIG. > > My intent if this happens, is to provide very concise answers here, > that correspond to a summary of what has been said, and if required > with some links to some relevant mails at Distutils-SIG.
IMO, if you have to answer here, then it should go into the PEP as Ben suggests. If I recall correctly, such summaries in PEPs often link to the relevant discussion threads. --David _______________________________________________ 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
