[CrendKing]

I don't know why didn't PEP 420 make one file at root of the package that describe the structure of all the sub-directories, rather than going the controversial, lazy route to remove __init__.py. That way you get both the explicitness and avoid the litering of empty marking files.

[ericvsmith]

This is spelled out in the PEP (I’m the author). There isn’t one “portion” (a term defined in the PEP) to own that file. And it’s also not a requirement that all portions be installed in the same directory. I’m sorry you feel this was lazy, it was a lot of work spanning multiple attempts over multiple years.

[sevensor]

I appreciate your work on pep 420; I’ve benefited from it personally as a Python user. Thank you for a job well done.

[cyanydeez]

JavaScript tooling requires index files for everything, which makes development slow, particularly when you want to iterate fast or create many files with single output.

I think it makes sense to make the compiler or script loader to rely on just the file and their contents. Either way you're already defining everything, why create an additional redundant set of definitions.

[kevin_thibedeau]

They aren't necessarily empty.