[Python-3000] pre-PEP: Things that Will Not Change in Python 3.0

[Georg Brandl]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On 4/4/06, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> > I was going to comment about this one "check it in, we'll add to it
>> > later", but then I realized it's not 100% clear whether this is a
>> > feature PEP or a meta-PEP? It focuses on features so by that yardstick
>> > it's a feature PEP. But in its list-of-miscellany nature it
>> > approximates a meta-PEP. Hmm, perhaps it ought to be PEP 3999 (which
>> > can be seen as minus one in the numbering scheme for Python-3000 PEPs
>> > :-)?
>> >
>> > In any case let's not let it longer for long. Realistically, I think
>> > it can be a meta-PEP.
>>
>> Since it's a meta-PEP, but closely related to features, I've checked it
>> in with number 3099, that is, "first feature-PEP minus one".
> 
> Excellent! (Thanks to Terry Reedy for the idea.)
> 
>> Related question: as the current PEP 3000 contains mainly feature proposals,
>> shouldn't it be renamed to 3100? PEP 3000 could then be a quasi-summary of
>> 3xxx PEPs and random important facts that don't fit elsewhere.
> 
> Good idea. Maybe 3000 should then be the meta-meta PEP with the
> Process for deciding Python 3000 Processes.

I've now moved PEP 3000 to PEP 3100. However, I don't consider myself
metapythonical enough to write the meta-meta-PEP 3000 ;)

Georg