The SC has just published the community update for March:
https://github.com/python/steering-council/blob/main/updates/2021-03-steerin...
We're still trying to get these done every month, but between the rush of
PEPs and other issues before the 3.10b1 deadline, and PyCon US, we're
delayed a little. (The April update hopefully won't be too long.) In the
meantime, the SC keynote from PyCon US covers our longer-term plans and our
points of view on a few other subjects, and that will hopefully be up on
YouTube (
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Uw4_HvXqvYk1Y5P8kryoyd83L_0Uk5K)
soon. (Since it's mentioned in the notes below, I just want to point out
that we didn't record on April 19th; it was pushed back to May 3rd, the
same day 3.10b1 was cut.)
March 1
- Steering Council synced up on the rejection draft for PEP 651. Group
discussed the importance of conveying that all aspects of the proposal were
reviewed and the decision is a holistic one. Group will continue working on
the draft and will sync up via Slack during the week so it can be sent out.
- The Steering Council discussed PEP 648. Barry created a doc and the
group will consolidate feedback+questions into this document. Then the
Steering Council will post this on Discourse as well as to python-dev@.
- The Steering Council extensively discussed PEP 637. The group decided
that it would reject the PEP based on the PEPs costs not being worth the
benefits.
- The Steering Council also discussed typing in general and who should
own it.
- Next week the SC will vote on the Documentation Work Group's charter.
https://github.com/python/steering-council/blob/main/updates/2021-03-steerin...March
8
- The Steering Council discussed Mark's response to the rejection of PEP
651.
- The group also discussed the notification for PEP 637.
- The group approved PEP 624 & PEP 597.
- The Steering Council discussed PEP 644 and decided further
communication was needed with Christian.
- The Steering Council voted on and approved the Documentation Work
Group.
- The group discussed moving master to main and decided it needed to be
done. The SC discussed communication around this change.
https://github.com/python/steering-council/blob/main/updates/2021-03-steerin...March
15
- Thomas updated the notifications for PEP 597, PEP 624 and PEP 637, and
sent out the notifications March 15th.
- Group checked in on the draft for PEP 648. Thomas has more text to add
to it.
- The Steering Council discussed what kind of presentation they will
give at PyCon US. The group decided on a combination of presentation and
Q&A. Team is working on an outline. SC members were also reminded to
register for PyCon US, and encourage others to do so.
- Barry proposed to the SC that they create a Work Group with a subset
of the Python Security Response Team members and that group can help scope
the future of the PSRT group. Everyone is fine with this.
- Steering Council discussed code of conduct situations around changing
master to main. The group decided on a warning to S.D. that will be sent
as a warning to all. Thomas is working on the initial draft.
https://github.com/python/steering-council/blob/main/updates/2021-03-steerin...March
22
- Barry and Thomas checked-in on PEP 648's draft response, they will be
sending it out soon.
- The SC reviewed PEP 644 more. Pablo raised a concern around users that
can be in an env without OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer and then not being able to
use wheels. Pablo will email Christian to get clarification and will keep
the SC informed.
- Steering Council discussed their keynote at PyCon US 2021. They would
like to gather questions from the community. Ewa will create a Slido, which
will be live from April 5 to 11th. SC will review questions on the 12th.
The current plan is to record on April 19th.
- Steering Council discussed the response to Debian. Carol's done with
her draft. Pablo is going to take a look at it to see if anything else
needs to be added.
- SC discussed the behavior on python-dev@ pertaining to switching git
from master to main.
https://github.com/python/steering-council/blob/main/updates/2021-03-steerin...March
29
- The Steering Council accepted PEP 644 (Require OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer)
- SC accepted PEP 652 (Maintaining the Stable ABI)
- SC checked in on the draft response for PEP 648 (Extensible
customizations of the interpreter at startup), and the draft response to
the Debian discussion.
- SC met with Ezio, PM for the GitHub Issues migration, to talk about
status, progress and next steps, including keeping python-dev up to date.
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Thomas Wouters