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“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”

(mail.python.org)
2024 points randlet | 1 comments | 12 Jul 18 15:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[12 Jul 18 16:02 UTC] No.17515876[source]▶
What was the issue that was evidently so contentious that it made him wish to step down?
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1. sametmax ◴[12 Jul 18 16:08 UTC] No.17515941[source]▶
The python idea mailing list scaled very poorly for getting proposals into python.

It's a harsh confusing place and the absence of tooling and structure doesn't help.