[Python-Dev] PEP 594: update 1

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/4/2019 8:21 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
> So what is happening for this PEP since Python 3.8 beta1 has been
> released? Is it too late for Python 3.8 or not?

The only action proposed for 3.8 was soft deprecation in the docs, which 
I presume can be done later in the beta process.

> It seems like most people are confused by the intent of the PEP. IMHO
> it would be better to rewrite "Remove packages from the stdlib" as
> "Move some stdlib modules to PyPI". But that would require to rewrite
> some parts of the PEP to explain how modules are moved, who become the
> new maintainers, how to support modules both in stdlib (old Python
> versions) and in PyPI (new Python), etc.
> 
> Victor
> 


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Terry Jan Reedy