You make an excellent point, and as far as I can tell: No, not at this time.
Indeed.
Too late for that – we’re already 40 posts into the part 2 discussion (Python Packaging Strategy Discussion - Part 2).
FWIW, the blog post that Shamika mentioned is up: Python Software Foundation News: Python Packaging Strategy Discussion Summary - Part 1 – it certainly doesn’t cover the details to the same extent as I’d hoped it would.