[Python-Dev] Is adding support for os.PathLike an enhancement or bugfix?

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 03.05.17 21:15, Brett Cannon wrote:
> My allergies have hit me hard so I'm not thinking at full capacity, but
> did we ever decide if supporting os.PathLike in the stdlib was viewed as
> an enhancement or bugfix? Specifically I'm thinking
> of https://bugs.python.org/issue30218 for adding support to
> shutil.unpack_archive() and whether it should be backported to 3.6.

I concur with Terry, Victor and Nick.