[Python-Dev] Re: Resurrecting PEP-472

2020-08-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Okay, thanks everyone who answered. In hindsight you are all correct, writing a new PEP is the best solution and I was being over-optimistic (and a little lazy) to think otherwise. I think that, technically, I still have core dev permissions, even though I haven't used them for quite some time.

[Python-Dev] Re: Resurrecting PEP-472

2020-08-29 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 10:20:08 +0200 Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > IMO a new PEP would avoid confusion: > > * The new PEP should list differences with the previously rejected PEP > * The old PEP remains available unchanged to help to understand why it > has been rejected > > It's common to have