From: Andrés Delfino Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 23:44:18 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [3.7] bpo-33518: Add PEP entry to documentation glossary (GH-6860) (#6934) X-Git-Tag: v3.7.0b5~85 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a3a554a536599189166843cd80e62d02b2b68aa8;p=python [3.7] bpo-33518: Add PEP entry to documentation glossary (GH-6860) (#6934) (cherry picked from commit d5f144260886959c1fe06bc4506a23fd10f92348) Co-authored-by: Andrés Delfino --- diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 2eab003146..a90f176db7 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -837,6 +837,21 @@ Glossary :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` result instead, respectively. Introduced by :pep:`519`. + PEP + Python Enhancement Proposal. A PEP is a design document + providing information to the Python community, or describing a new + feature for Python or its processes or environment. PEPs should + provide a concise technical specification and a rationale for proposed + features. + + PEPs are intended to be the primary mechanisms for proposing major new + features, for collecting community input on an issue, and for documenting + the design decisions that have gone into Python. The PEP author is + responsible for building consensus within the community and documenting + dissenting opinions. + + See :pep:`1`. + portion A set of files in a single directory (possibly stored in a zip file) that contribute to a namespace package, as defined in :pep:`420`.