[chishaku]

We're talking about Python core development. I just can't see the minor nuances of GitHub-style pull requests being a significant barrier to entry for new contributors.

It seems the familiarity of GitHub was actually a primary selling point.

> There were multiple reasons as to why I made that decision. One was that GitHub has basically built a social network of open source contributors. That led to various core developers telling me that they were comfortable with GitHub already and they were hoping it would win.

> Lastly, our BDFL prefers GitHub. Since the beginning of this whole decision process, Guido let it be known that he thought GitHub was the best choice.