PEP 704 is a recent proposal to require a virtual environment by default for any package installer - https://peps.python.org/pep-0704/. Again, you can opt-out if you want.
My guess would be that URLs for the categories eliminated after that period (eg. Books and Podcasts) are more likely to remain stable and available, even if the product was a flop.
Nope, he's stated publicly that any major overhaul isn't likely to see the light of day until 2017. Listen to an interview here: http://www.raspi.today/podcast-episode-6/
Until a better solution arrives. It obviously depends on the context, but that will be an hour for every project/domain I take payments on. In some cases something like this might be a better fit.
Not from stripe, but from looking at my own account and the documentation - You can charge in any of those three currencies (where a additional 2% conversion charge is added between different currencies) but need to choose which single currency you're going to be sending those payments to. You can do so just by making the charge and specifying the currency you want to charge in.
There is an additional feature for US customers that allows paying out to arbitrary bank accounts, but this isn't available in the UK yet.
