Infra: Have PEP 0 index by the name in the PEP

[thejcannon]

As discussed in https://discuss.python.org/t/meta-should-the-peps-page-index-by-not-just-the-last-name/27918/ this change makes it so the generated PEP 0000 now just uses the name as written in the PEP (After all, that's the name that's given 😄 ).

As it turns out, this is a great simplification of the code as well, and therefore this change also encompasses a whole lotta deletions.

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[AA-Turner]

It seems I missed that discourse thread -- perhaps we could add some JavaScript to make sorting configurable, rather than removing the last-name sort, which is the standard ordering for names.

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[hugovk]

(Updated from main, which should fix the Sphinx build.)

[hugovk]

perhaps we could add some JavaScript to make sorting configurable, rather than removing the last-name sort, which is the standard ordering for names.

Ah, but the standard ordering where?

My surname would be sorted under K in the Netherlands, but (inconsistently) under V in most other places. Where should we put it? We can add custom code so it's sorted to my preference, but we can't predict where the reader will look for it.

And what is a last name? Hungarian and East Asian names can have family names first. Some people don't have or use last names.

Sorting by the string the person gave us is simpler all around.

See also https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ for plenty more gotchas.

[Rosuav]

TBH I don't think I have ever cared about the exact sort order of names in PEP 0. It's something to search, not sort, and any logical ordering will make sense. Definitely in favour of using entire names.

[hugovk]

Approving per consensus at https://discuss.python.org/t/meta-should-the-peps-page-index-by-not-just-the-last-name/27918?u=hugovk

[thejcannon]

@AA-Turner you're busy! 😂

Should we add some kind of lint to the repo to ensure the authors follow some expected pattern?

[thejcannon]

Oh I see, it's variations of some name. Hmm not so easy to catch. Nevermind 😄

[AA-Turner]

The problem isn't the pattern, but duplicates -- the AUTHOR_OVERRIDES file that you've deleted in this PR ensured that authors were grouped together correctly -- this is now a non-issue as the source author metadata is standardised.

[AA-Turner]

I've a follow-up PR to this with some refactorings that I'll open after merging this one.

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[AA-Turner]

Thanks, Josh!

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[thejcannon]

No, thanks to y'all for letting me contribute and allowing me this change.

Relatedly I sent PEP 712 off to the SC, so I'm excited to see my name on the row 😄