From 72ebcbe91a171cfa070f7e59bd785843bc132880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:30:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add a Change History section

---
 peps/pep-0012.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/peps/pep-0012.rst b/peps/pep-0012.rst
index dc21a20dcc0..4bfe73de9ae 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0012.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0012.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Status: Active
 Type: Process
 Created: 05-Aug-2002
 Post-History: `30-Aug-2002 <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/KX3AS7QAY26QH3WIUAEOCCNXQ4V2TGGV/>`__
+              `03-Feb-2026 <TBD>`_
+
 
 
 .. highlight:: rst
@@ -795,6 +797,15 @@ resources don't address, ping ``@python/pep-editors`` on GitHub, open an
 or reach out to a PEP editor directly.
 
 
+Change History
+==============
+
+* `03-Feb-2026 <TBD>`_
+
+  * Suggest a new section, headed ``Change History`` to the PEP template, and
+    add that section to this PEP.
+
+
 Copyright
 =========
 

From 232db06e8a5f3ac56d4d9f15179a255c3db337fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 10:55:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update Post-History and Change History links

---
 peps/pep-0012.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/peps/pep-0012.rst b/peps/pep-0012.rst
index 6fb1721d24d..2340ee6796a 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0012.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0012.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Status: Active
 Type: Process
 Created: 05-Aug-2002
 Post-History: `30-Aug-2002 <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/KX3AS7QAY26QH3WIUAEOCCNXQ4V2TGGV/>`__
-              `03-Feb-2026 <TBD>`_
+              `22-Feb-2026 <https://discuss.python.org/t/small-but-useful-change-to-pep-1-12/106250>`_
 
 
 
@@ -804,10 +804,11 @@ or reach out to a PEP editor directly.
 Change History
 ==============
 
-* `03-Feb-2026 <TBD>`_
+* `22-Feb-2026 <https://discuss.python.org/t/small-but-useful-change-to-pep-1-12/106250>`_
 
   * Suggest a new section, headed ``Change History`` to the PEP template, and
     add that section to this PEP.
+  * The ``Rationale`` section now comes after the ``Specification`` section.
 
 
 Copyright

From 557adebe1982667eed7b1f82066bf3e6a3a24a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 10:56:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix linting

---
 peps/pep-0012.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/peps/pep-0012.rst b/peps/pep-0012.rst
index 2340ee6796a..4ff2527f794 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0012.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0012.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Status: Active
 Type: Process
 Created: 05-Aug-2002
 Post-History: `30-Aug-2002 <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/KX3AS7QAY26QH3WIUAEOCCNXQ4V2TGGV/>`__
-              `22-Feb-2026 <https://discuss.python.org/t/small-but-useful-change-to-pep-1-12/106250>`_
+              `22-Feb-2026 <https://discuss.python.org/t/small-but-useful-change-to-pep-1-12/106250>`__