# PEP 627: Updating PEP 376; making RECORD optional in installed .dist-info

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-627-updating-pep-376-making-record-optional-in-installed-dist-info/4126>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-627-updating-pep-376-making-record-optional-in-installed-dist-info/4126 "2020-05-07T16:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![pf\_moore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/pf_moore/32/35_2.png) [@pf\_moore](https://discuss.python.org/u/pf_moore)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-627-updating-pep-376-making-record-optional-in-installed-dist-info/4126/28 "2020-08-21T11:05:10Z")

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Drat, I looked at this message and now I can’t “mark it as unread”. I’ve bookmarked it for tomorrow, but I’ve no idea if alerts go anywhere I’ll notice. If I haven’t responded to this by Monday, ping me as it means I’ve forgotten.

(This is one place Discourse _really_ sucks IMO).

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