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Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training Python People Podcast Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesdays at 11am PT. Older video versions available there too. Brian #1: A Steering Council notice about PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython) Thomas Wouters Suggested by John Hagen “We intend to accept PEP 703, although we’re still working on the acceptance details.” Moving forward in 3 stages short-term, no-GIL experimental build in 3.13 or 3.14 mid-term, declare support for no-GIL version long-term, no-GIL becomes default and remove any vestiges of the GIL No commitment and timeframe is nebuous long-term means 5+ years Need community support “We want to be able to change our mind if it turns out, any time before we mak