On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2013, at 08:31 AM, Eric Snow wrote: >>When a module's maintainer makes a decision on a relatively insignificant >>addition to the module, I'd expect little resistance or even comment (the >>original commit was months ago). That's why I'm surprised by the reaction >>to this change. It just seems like the whole thing is being blown way out >>of proportion to the detriment of other interesting problems. Sure, things >>could have been done differently. But in this case it's not that big a >>deal. > > Any project as big and diverse as Python needs a hierarchical structure of > trust and responsibility. I see it *roughly* as core dev < module maintainer > < release manager < bdfl delegate < bdfl.
+1 > > However, it's imperative to remain vigilantly transparent so that everyone > understands the rationale and motivation behind a change, even if they > disagree with it. Trust is extended upwards when this transparency is > extended downloads. "'Cause I said so" only works at the top of the chain. ;) Good point. -eric > > I posted my original question because the change seemed so random and > arbitrary, and the commit message didn't enlighten me. > > -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
