Late breaking development

https://www.mail-archive.com/python-committers@python.org...

He proposes continuing with the idea of a BDFL backed by a council that would provide some assistance to the BDFL as well as some checks and balances on their power should things go awry. He suggests that Brett Cannon fill that role:

> I think he’s the perfect candidate, and he’s already demonstrated qualities that I think
> make him a fantastic leader. He’s smart, compassionate, passionate,
> respectful, young, tall, and has the right mix of technical excellence and
> social skills. He believes deeply in diversity and community. As he’s shown
> with the decisions to move first to Mercurial, then to git/GitLab, he isn't
> afraid to make difficult decisions that he knows not everyone will agree with
> (and I say that having advocated the losing choice more than once :). He’s not
> afraid to say what’s on his mind. I think he can clearly articulate a Vision.
> He shares many of these same qualities with Guido, while being a different
> person with different sensibilities. And that is not only fine, but IMHO a
> *good* thing. We can trust his stewardship, and he already has legitimacy as a
> senior decision maker in the Python ecosystem. He has a wide technical
> knowledge of Python and its C implementation, and yet he knows what he doesn’t
> know. He has good relationships with most core devs, and is a well-known voice
> within the wider community. He’ll be able to delegate where appropriate, and
> make definitive pronouncements where needed.

So far, the reaction has been quite positive. We will be keeping an eye on things and write more about this transition in the future. Stay tuned ...

jake