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PEP 829 – Package Startup Configuration Files: accepted

"The SC views PEP 829 as a sensible improvement to the interpreter layer, compatible with and not precluding future work in the installer and packaging standards space. We encourage contributors interested in that broader direction to consider proposing complementary standards. Accepting PEP 829 is not a statement that the interpreter layer is the end of this work."

https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-829-structured-startup-configuration-files/106789/112

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PEP 829: Structured Startup Configuration Files

The SC has discussed and is pleased to accept PEP 829 - Package Startup Configuration Files! The SC is comfortable with the three-year deprecation window as proposed. However, we request the following revisions to the text before the PEP lands: The current abstract buries the lede a bit. The first paragraph should highlight what is materially changing: <name>.start files with pkg.mod:callable syntax, a three-year .pth import-line deprecation, and retained path-extension .pth. The security imp...

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