Whither split base?

[Sven Panne]

Am Di., 30. Okt. 2018 um 16:32 Uhr schrieb Daniel Cartwright <
chessai1996 at gmail.com>:

> DOA seems kinda harsh at this point.
>

I think "DOA" is the right description for every proposal touching the
foundations of a language ecosystem in an incompatible way *unless* there
are very, very good reasons to break things. And even then, you should
better have a good migration story. Python 3 anybody?


> If base just re-exports the stuff, that makes sense, but wouldn't we want
> to move it out eventually?
>

Hmmm, what problem exactly should be solved by splitting base? Has this
been written down somewhere? Edward mentioned different stability in
different parts of base, which is certainly true, but do we have concrete
convincing examples of problems caused by that? Does a migration story
exist? I just want to remind everybody about the trouble and effort
involved in pushing the AMP and FTP through the ecosystem, which are
probably peanuts compared to a reorganization of base...
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