On a procedural note, I’m assuming that for the outstanding PEPs where I’m currently PEP delegate (808 and 825), I’ll continue being responsible for them, and will make the pronouncements in due course. There doesn’t seem to be any point trying to hand them over to the new PC.
I’m not aware of any new PEPs that are likely to need to be considered before the PC becomes operational, but if any do come up, we can worry about them on a case by case basis. I’m happy to handle simpler ones, and discuss the best approach with the PC for more complex ones.
PEP 825 (Wheel variants - format) is a little problematic - the PEP itself is fine, but it is only the starting point for the much more complicated follow-up PEPs that will define actual variants. My expectation is that I will provisionally accept PEP 825 with some pretty strong requirements on the follow-up PEPs to ensure that we don’t end up with a standardised mechanism that can’t be used for the key motivating use cases. I’ll discuss this with the PC once set up, as I think continuity will be important here.