I just scanned the responses on comp.lang.python to Andrew's announcement that he would stopping write the python-dev summaries. The respondents indicated that they found it hard to keep track of what was going on with python development, particularly PEPs.

We're still learning how to use the PEP process. It's been better for 2.1 than for 2.0, but still has some problems. It sounds like the key problem has been involving the community outside python-dev.

I would suggest a couple of changes, with the burden mostly falling on Barry and me:

- Regular announcements of PEP creation and PEP status changes should be posted to comp.lang.python and c.l.p.a.

- The release status PEPs should be kept up to date and regularly posted to the same groups.

- We should have highly visible pointers from python.org to PEPs and other python development information. I'm sure we do this as part of the Zopification plans that Guido mentioned.

- We should not approve PEPs that aren't announced on comp.lang.python with enough time for people to comment.

Jeremy