2026-07-23 Python Steering Council meeting summary

  • The meetings scheduled for July 9 and July 16 were skipped due to SC members’ schedules and EuroPython.
  • We discussed several topics that came up during EuroPython, including adding an AGENTS.md file to the CPython repo.
  • We discussed clarifications and further codification of processes related to PEP 811/PSRT.
  • We discussed our expectations for potential candidates for the Developer in Residence role.
  • We discussed expanded capacity for the core sprint.
  • We accepted Windows on ARM64 as a Tier 2 platform.
  • We discussed Stan’s proposal to operate mentoring channels within the existing Python Core Team Discord server.
  • We discussed the ContextVar bug and agreed with the idea to introduce a warning in Python 3.15 and fix the behavior in Python 3.16.
  • Agenda for Next Week
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