> On Dec 2, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 1:59:20 PM Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org > <mailto:ba...@python.org>> wrote: > On Dec 02, 2014, at 06:21 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: > > >Well, if I'm going to be the Great Decider on this then I can say upfront > >I'm taking a pragmatic view of preferring open but not mandating it, > >preferring hg over git but not ruling out a switch, preferring Python-based > >tools but not viewing it as a negative to not use Python, etc. I would like > >to think I have earned somewhat of a reputation of being level-headed and > >so none of this should really be a surprise to anyone. > > I think it's equally important to describe what criteria you will use to make > this decision. E.g. are you saying all these above points will be completely > ignored, or all else being equal, they will help tip the balance? > > Considering Guido just gave me this position I have not exactly had a ton of > time to think the intricacies out, but they are all positives and can help > tip the balance or break ties (I purposely worded all of that with "prefer", > etc.). For instance, if a FLOSS solution came forward that looked to be good > and close enough to what would be a good workflow along with support > commitments from the infrastructure team and folks to maintain the code -- > and this will have to people several people as experience with the issue > tracker has shown -- then that can help tip over the closed-source, hosted > solution which might have some perks. As for Python over something else, that > comes into play in open source more from a maintenance perspective, but for > closed source it would be a tie-breaker only since it doesn't exactly > influence the usability of the closed-source solution like it does an > open-source one. > > Basically I'm willing to give brownie points for open source and Python > stuff, but it is just that: points and not deal-breakers.
This sounds like a pretty reasonable attitude to take towards this. If we’re going to be experimenting/talking things over, should I withdraw my PEP? --- Donald Stufft PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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