[Python-Dev] Push PEP 528 (use utf8 on Windows) right now, but revert before 3.6 if needed

[Ned Deily]

On 9/5/16 11:44, Victor Stinner wrote:
> I just spoke with Steve Dower (thanks for the current sprint!) about
> the PEP 528. We somehow agreed that we need to push his implementation
> of the PEP right now to get enough time to test as much applications
> as possible on Windows to have a wide view of possible all
> regressions.
> 
> The hope is that enough users will test the first Python 3.6 beta 1
> (feature freeze!) with their app on Windows.
> 
> If we find blocker points before Python 3.6 final, we still have time
> to revert code to restore the Python 3.5 behaviour (use ANSI code page
> for bytes).
> 
> What do you think?

Let's do it.

Thanks to both of you for hashing this out.