On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 4:39 AM Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Kind Regards, > > Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer > about | blog > github > Mauritius >
(This signature at the TOP of every post is just getting in the way, is there any way to move it to the bottom where it belongs?) > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:19 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> PEPs don't get updated as future requirements cause changes in the >> language. They remain as they were: the proposal. Changing the name >> because of a change in the PEP's metadata seems like a very backwards >> way to do things; among other things, it would lead people to consider >> "PAPs" to be somehow authorative while "PEPs" are not, which would >> leave informational and process PEPs in an awkward situation of being >> neither non-accepted nor accepted, > > > I referred PEP8, a meta-pep as PAP8 in the first mail itself and should have > been one of the first tripping lines of the discussion. If such PEPs are > included > under PAPs, the 'authorative' point holds as it should be At what point does an informational PEP turn into a PAP? For instance, PEP 596 is currently "draft" - does that mean it isn't authoritative? >> Additionally, changing the *name* of a document >> means that every reference has to be changed, > > I guess you mean on the website itself. It's a nice point which i was > expecting. > As with any change, some changes are expected and if i am not mistaken, > the source is some text documents and updating them means running a script > over them locally. On the web site, on Stack Overflow, on people's blogs, in published printed books, YouTube videos.... *everywhere*. > If we change even past accepted PEPs it's one name for one thing. > The thread dying off is in itself a sign that the idea is weak and > does not hold much value. But if someone brings a point that would re-start > the discussion i think it's better to notify him. I'm good if the thread dies > off without any further input than rebringing what has already been told. If someone brings up a point that would restart the discussion, I hope that all these preceding arguments cause it to be left by the wayside immediately. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/YBWTG7UH7W6Z2PFIAP3V5N3BWTSW2BYA/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
