Hello, before we go any further with this PR, has the idea been discussed on Discourse?

And after that we'll need a sponsor before assigning the PEP number, do you have one yet? Let's unassign 796 for now.

Please see:

• https://peps.python.org/pep-0001/#start-with-an-idea-for-python
• https://peps.python.org/pep-0001/#submitting-a-pep

Thanks @hugovk and @StanFromIreland for the early review. I used a draft PR to see the CI results to further clean it up -- my apologies for wasting some of your time, but thank you regardless.

discussed on Discourse?

Yes: https://discuss.python.org/t/making-venvs-relocatable-friendly/96177

The criteria of "discussed enough with enough support" is vague, but what gave me enough confidence to begin a PEP and start a (draft) PR at this point was:

• The thread didn't go totally off the rails (i.e. voracious disapproval)
• Positive statements from @ncoghlan in https://discuss.python.org/t/making-venvs-relocatable-friendly/96177/21 and gh-135773: have pyvenv.cfg without home key anchor a venv and deduce home cpython#135831 (comment)

Sponsor needed to assign number

Thanks for clarifying that part! Yes, finding a sponsor is my next big step.

I used a draft PR to see the CI results to further clean it up

Tip: you can enable GitHub Actions at https://github.com/rickeylev/peps/actions and run the CI on your fork.

Yes, finding a sponsor is my next big step.

Good luck!

Brief update:

I have a sponsor: @ncoghlan has offered to sponsor this PEP. I've updated the PEP text accordingly.

So, IIUC, next steps are:

• Sponsor formally confirms they're a sponsor
• Sponsor approves this PR

I'm not entirely sure on process, so I'll just leave this PR in draft state until those are done / imminent.

Confirming my sponsorship (the parts of the proposal I felt were at best premature, and potentially entirely infeasible, have been removed).

Completing a pre-publication review now.

Thanks @ncoghlan for sponsoring and approving! Let's continue with PEP number 796.

Next steps: a PEP editor to review, then merge, and then the PEP discussion can be opened for this proposal.