[Python-Dev] Can I revoke PEP 103 (info about git)?

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/8/2017 4:07 PM, Oleg Broytman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 07:53:04AM +1100, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 04:30:41PM +0100, Oleg Broytman wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 09:50:06AM -0500, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> It's also okay to remove much of the content and just leave a placeholder.
>>>> The historical record would of course always be available in the vcs.
>>>
>>>    Thanks! That's what I've planned to do in case we don't remove PEPs.
>>
>> Why remove the content?
>>
>> In fact, since its just an informational PEP, why withdraw it? Some
>> people find it too generic and not enough about Python -- okay. So what?
>>
>> Is PEP 103 actively harmful?
>
>    Certainly not!

I recommend adding a note to the top that the info, which correct, is 
somewhat obsolescent (or whatever) with the new workflow.  We have PEPs 
which are not 'wrong' in that they have been replaced by later PEPs, but 
we do not delete them, either in whole or in part.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy