[Python-Dev] Significance of informational PEPs

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "AMK" == Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org> writes:

  AMK> + Informational PEPs do not represent a Python community
  AMK> + consensus or recommendation, so users and implementors are free
  AMK> + to ignore informational PEPs or follow their advice.

  AMK> If people disagree about this view of informational PEPs as
  AMK> purely advisory, please speak up now so we can discuss this
  AMK> issue.

This seems to match informational RFCs pretty well.  It might be
interesting to see what the IETF says about informational RFCs.

I might word the disclaimer a little less strongly: "Informational
PEPs do not necessarily represent a Python community consensus or
recommendation."  For things like the DB-API, I think there is fairly
broad consensus.  Rather than claiming there isn't, an informational
PEP could just say what its status is.

Jeremy