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Add a `recommended-packages.txt` file

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Description

BPO 31898
Nosy @ncoghlan, @merwok, @pganssle, @tirkarthi, @nanjekyejoannah

Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-10-30.05:17:27.235>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', '3.7', 'docs']
title = 'Add a `recommended-packages.txt` file'
updated_at = <Date 2020-07-05.00:08:25.340>
user = 'https://github.com/ncoghlan'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-07-05.00:08:25.340>
actor = 'nanjekyejoannah'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2017-10-30.05:17:27.235>
creator = 'ncoghlan'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 31898
keywords = []
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['305210', '305212', '305285', '305288', '305534', '321107', '372501']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['ncoghlan', 'eric.araujo', 'p-ganssle', 'xtreak', 'nanjekyejoannah']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue31898'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8']

Possible follow-up: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/76080

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the migrated BPO issue 31898 and the possible follow-up issue 76080. The payload names no target file location, package list, or tests, so first establish the intended contents and repository conventions; done means the agreed recommended-packages.txt file exists with its documented package set.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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