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0 pointsswyx5mo ago0 comments

poor answer. guido had very little impact on the packaging mess.

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Many would say that's the problem; i.e. that he should have had more impact. Check out the history of Conda.

swyxOP5mo ago

right but "BDFL left" is clearly the wrong thing to blame when "BDFL never cared enough" so it doesnt matter if he left

That’s right. And we switched from eggs to wheel’s on Guido’s watch, but that was from him being a good leader and letting other smart people do clever things on their own.

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zahlman5mo ago

Many would say that's the problem; i.e. that he should have had more impact. Check out the history of Conda.

swyxOP5mo ago

right but "BDFL left" is clearly the wrong thing to blame when "BDFL never cared enough" so it doesnt matter if he left

kstrauser5mo ago

That’s right. And we switched from eggs to wheel’s on Guido’s watch, but that was from him being a good leader and letting other smart people do clever things on their own.

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