https://discuss.python.org/t/how-do-we-want-to-manage-additions-removals-to-... This comes from my language summit talk on the stdlib to help clarify some things about how we manage the stdlib from the perspective of additions/deletions. FYI I will be *muting this email thread immediately*, so please participate on discuss.python.org if you have anything to say (I almost didn't post here, but I figured I would see if there's any chance people will follow through on discuss.python.org if directed there and told feedback here will be ignored).