What is the future of the PEP 467?

Fri Nov 10 09:16:50 EST 2017

What is the future of the PEP 467 ("Minor API improvements for binary
sequences")? It was not accepted and was not rejected, although there was a
rather active discussion.
In addition to what is stated in the PEP, I would like to know your opinion
on the additional issue:
At present, the repr() and str() of bytes return the same thing - which
looks more as "binary string". May be it is better if the repr() will
return "binary sequence" -> only escaped hex values. While the str()
representation would return the same thing as now (some ascii analogue)?
- with kind regards, gdg