2026-02-05 PSC Meeting Summary:
- Had office hours with Brett, where we discussed:
- Progress on the platforms directory reorganization, with a goal of completing the migration before beta 1 to avoid backporting complications.
- WASI binary releases: we are supportive, and next steps include looping in the release manager and beginning beta testing.
- The growing role of third-party tooling in the Python user experience.
- In the general portion of our meeting, we:
- Continued to discussed the growing role of third-party tooling (particularly uv) in the Python user experience, and the implications for onboarding, documentation, and how this affects the ecosystem and our relationship with it.
- We are continuing to think through how CPython can provide a better out-of-the-box experience for new users.
- Discussed the PEP process and its impact on community and corporate engagement, and will continue exploring improvements.
- Will open some public discussion about some of these topics in the future.
- Began discussing travel grants. We are still waiting on budget clarity before we can finalize guidance, but we aim to have a decision soon.
- Next meeting’s agenda: