Chris Barker writes:
Note also that a PEP does not need to be the first step.
Please do not feed the troll. Anatoly's technical ideas can be reasonably interesting, and as you see in the "datetime format" subthread, can trigger useful discussion. His ideas about workflow, however, are completely self-centered and inappropriate for Python. They do not deserve any more discussion in public. Already he has wasted many hours of several developers' time. You're welcome to try again, but please keep it off-list until you have some movement on his part to show. Nor does he ever share any content with the community; historically he has been a CLA refusenik. (To be fair, he may have changed in the interval since he was banned from the list and when the ban was lifted, but he hasn't said so yet.) Ironically enough, a PEP is about the only thing he's willing to provide the necessary legal authority to incorporate in Python! (At least, I don't recall being asked for a CLA to contribute to a PEP.)