I only became aware of this by going to a meetup and seeing a talk. I just want something that's workable and not broken.
The reason BDFLs are in the position of making that decision is because they have proven through the accumulation of their previous decisions that they get it right more than they get it wrong. And that's the very reason there is a community around them at all.
This is the same reason given for totalitarian rule generally. The problem is that the dictator has enough power to make a big mistake, committing the entire communitiy's resources. In this position, if you can avoid making a decision, you should. Toyota doesn't simply make such decisions by fiat. Instead, they have a competition.
I mean in a way didn't the `dep` folks do exactly the same thing to the `glide` and other existing solutions?
Was the competition squashed?
