[Python-Dev] PEP 376

[Guido van Rossum]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Nick Coghlan<ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> If no one objects, I'd like to push PEP 376 in the "accepted" status
>>> and go ahead with its implementation,
>>> with continuous feedback at Distutils-SIG as we did to build it.
>>
>> I think this isn't quite the process. In the past, every PEP required
>> BDFL pronouncement, which you should now seek.
>
> Agreed. While Guido is highly likely to just accept the distutils-sig
> consensus on something like this, that doesn't eliminate the need for
> him to actually *say* that he is approving the PEP on that basis.

Sure. :-)

So what *is* the distutils-sig consensus?

And is there consensus outside of it? (Remember the ipaddr debacle.
It's easy for people to miss an important PEP.)

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