an old idea: getting rid of __init__.py

When namespace packages were under discussion I remember we were
seriously considering eliminating the requirement of __init__.py for
*all* packages.  Well, I stumbled onto the following post from Guido
predating namespace packages by several years:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/064400.html

Food for thought. :)

-eric

p.s. I haven't yet read through the thread, but I expect the
conversation dragged out long enough that the proposal lost steam.