Thomas Wouters, a member of the Python Steering Council, has revealed that Google has discontinued its internal Python development team, including Gregory P. Smith, the core developer of CPython. This team was responsible for pushing code to the main Python project and maintaining Python within Google, as well as handling various libraries that Google pulled in for use, such as pylint and black, which needed to be customized to align with Google’s own code-writing guidelines.
A user on Hacker’s News with the username zem mentioned being part of the team that was let go. They noted that Google is in the process of building a new team in Munich, Germany, and is likely to continue the majority of the work there.
Source: @Yhg1s@social.coop, Hacker’s News
TLDR: Google has disbanded its internal Python development team, including core developer Gregory P. Smith, and is reportedly establishing a new team in Munich, Germany.
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