[Python-checkins] peps: Withdraw the now obsolete PEP 406

Sat Dec 21 13:43:18 CET 2013

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/1ed784aa9f3c
changeset: 5329:1ed784aa9f3c
user: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date: Sat Dec 21 22:43:08 2013 +1000
summary:
 Withdraw the now obsolete PEP 406
files:
 pep-0406.txt | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pep-0406.txt b/pep-0406.txt
--- a/pep-0406.txt
+++ b/pep-0406.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Version: $Revision$
 Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>, Greg Slodkowicz <jergosh at gmail.com>
-Status: Deferred
+Status: Withdrawn
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 4-Jul-2011
@@ -30,16 +30,17 @@
 invalidating path cache entries when ``sys.path`` is modified).
 
 
-PEP Deferral
-============
+PEP Withdrawal
+==============
 
-The import system is already seeing substantial changes in Python 3.3, to
-natively handle packages split across multiple directories (PEP 382) and
-(potentially) to make the import semantics in the main module better match
-those in other modules (PEP 395).
+The import system has seen substantial changes since this PEP was originally
+written, as part of :pep:`420` in Python 3.3 and :pep:`451` in Python 3.4.
 
-Accordingly, the proposal in this PEP will not be seriously considered until
-Python 3.4 at the earliest.
+While providing an encapsulation of the import state is still highly
+desirable, it is better tackled in a new PEP using PEP 451 as a foundation,
+and permitting only the use of PEP 451 compatible finders and loaders (as
+those avoid many of the issues of direct manipulation of global state
+associated with the previous loader API).
 
 
 Rationale
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps
