Re:Reducing Python's startup time
by vanni on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @04:42PM
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Thank you Raymond for all your great work.
Regarding this post and related comments, I would like to say that, as an external observer who does not know the details of CPython development decision-making process, phrases such as "Okay, then Nick and I are overruled" and "At Guido's behest" sound not so good to my ears.
Maybe you and Guido are best friends, and you are half-joking with that tone, or maybe you are responsible for that part of code, so it is your duty to change it according to BDFL last words even if you do not agree with them... I do not know. Anyway I think it would be better, in the open source world, if a code change is developed by someone who thinks it is the right thing to do, or I could not see so much difference from commercial companies and proprietary software.
Re:Reducing Python's startup time
by treebog on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:32PM
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I liked those comments, and I thought they reflected well on Raymond. It's a sign of a healthy technical organization that contributors are willing to disagree and still heed decisions made by those higher in the decision-making chain.
Regarding this post and related comments, I would like to say that, as an external observer who does not know the details of CPython development decision-making process, phrases such as "Okay, then Nick and I are overruled" and "At Guido's behest" sound not so good to my ears.
Maybe you and Guido are best friends, and you are half-joking with that tone, or maybe you are responsible for that part of code, so it is your duty to change it according to BDFL last words even if you do not agree with them... I do not know. Anyway I think it would be better, in the open source world, if a code change is developed by someone who thinks it is the right thing to do, or I could not see so much difference from commercial companies and proprietary software.
Hey, just my two cents. Keep rocking! :)