Straw poll: Which governance proposals do you like best?

[Mariatta]

@njs

This also makes me realize I’m a bit unclear on how PEP 8010 and 8011 handle these cases. Right now, I think we all agree that Guido has at least the following powers:

• Pronounce on PEPs
• Decide whether a particular decision requires a PEP
• Decide whether or not an alternative implementation is really Python
• Add people to the core team, remove people from the core team, change the process for promoting people
• Make decisions about special cases, like giving someone bpo permissions without commit permissions, or giving commit permissions but only for the docs
• Change the rules for the governance itself, or for any of the above

The text in PEP 8010 and 8011 makes clear that their leaders can pronounce on PEPs. And originally, PEP 8010 used language like “dictator” that made me assume that everything Guido could do carried over. But I’m not sure! @barry, can a GUIDO do all of the things above, or if not, then which ones? @Mariatta, can a trio do all of the things above, or if not, then which ones?

• Pronounce on PEPs (expected responsibility of the trio)
• Decide whether a particular decision requires a PEP (expected responsibility of the trio)
• Decide whether or not an alternative implementation is really Python (I don’t actually know, I don’t have much opinion about this)
• Add people to the core team, remove people from the core team, change the process for promoting people (not expected of the trio)
• Make decisions about special cases, like giving someone bpo permissions without commit permissions, or giving commit permissions but only for the docs (not expected of the trio)
• Change the rules for the governance itself (not expected of the trio, unless there’s a PEP about it)

PEP 8011 has the following guidelines: under succession planning heading:

Since future trio will be chosen out of Python core developers, it will make sense for future Python core developers to possess some but not necessarily all, qualities of the trio as laid out in this PEP.