Regarding the second issue:
I think that a Python mode version of the Examples is a great idea.
Right now the repo is used to build an Examples package for distribution through PDE Contributions Manager. It is then listed under Contributed Examples. I’m not sure – can this be done for Python mode as well? And if so, can the python and java examples be one Contributions Manager package, or should they be two separate packages?
If two separate Contributions Manager packages were required then it might make sense to use two repos. This is because PDE sources.conf uses the github /latest tag to find the latest release – if we did that, we would have to re-release both the Java and the Python packages together every time, otherwise one would disappear.
However, if they can be bundled together in one repo, I think that would be best, and we can restructure the files / the release scripts accordingly.