[python-committers] PEP 1: Relaxing the requirements for being a PEP sponsor

PEP 1 currently says that if a PEP is authored by a non-core developer, the author must find a core developer to sponsor their PEP. At today’s Steering Council meeting, we proposed to relax this requirement to allow non-core developers to sponsor a PEP with the approval of the Council. There is no change if the PEP author is a core developer; in that case the PEP still does not require a sponsor.

Here is the PR with the proposed language change:

https://github.com/python/peps/pull/1170

Feel free to weigh in on the PR.

Cheers, -Barry