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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: 0s | source
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jacquesm ◴[12 Jul 18 18:52 UTC] No.17517514[source]▶
Reading that thread is like reading an actual Monty Python plot.

Guido van Rossum has given his life for this language and besides the obligatory 'thanks for all the fish' there isn't even a single person who stops the clock to evaluate what went wrong that they pushed out the person that started this all.

Instead it's 'kthxbye' and they're already dividing up the cake to see who gets to rule.

Not the nicest moment in the history of FOSS, I wonder what kind of a mess will ensue when Linus steps down.

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1. amenod ◴[12 Jul 18 19:24 UTC] No.17517788[source]▶
I got the impression that this was mostly just a public announcement of something that has been talked about in private for quite some time, and was not in the least unexpected to the core devs. If this is the case then the reaction is suiting imho - after all, these people know each other very well and even if they didn't talk about it openly, they probably weren't surprised to receive the mail. Besides - it would have happened sooner or later. As he said himself, that bus is still lurking around the corner... [0]

I do hope he knows how his contribution changed the world for better for so many people. I have played around with many languages in my career but Python is the most productive and fun of them all. Thank you GvR, and may you have fun whatever you do!

[0] https://legacy.python.org/search/hypermail/python-1994q2/104...