[Python-checkins] peps: There are now three basic types of PEPs: informational, standards

[georg.brandl]

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/68e6b0cc926e
changeset:   87:68e6b0cc926e
user:        Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>
date:        Mon Aug 14 14:48:20 2000 +0000
summary:
  There are now three basic types of PEPs: informational, standards
track, and technical.  The (new) latter type describes internal or
implementation changes that don't have a direct visible effect on the
Python language (e.g. Stackless).

files:
  pep-0001.txt |  7 +++++--
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0001.txt b/pep-0001.txt
--- a/pep-0001.txt
+++ b/pep-0001.txt
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@
 
 Kinds of PEPs
 
-    There are two kinds of PEPs.  A standards track PEP describes a
+    There are three kinds of PEPs.  A standards track PEP describes a
     new feature for Python.  An informational PEP describes a Python
     design issue, or provides general guidelines or information to the
-    Python community, but does not propose a new feature.
+    Python community, but does not propose a new feature.  A technical
+    PEP describes a new implementation or other internal modification
+    that doesn't directly expose new features to the Python
+    programmer.
 
 
 PEP Workflow

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps