On 1/4/07, Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Starting a new thread...

> Several modules in the stdlib work on a specific file format.  It
> is possible some of these formats are no longer used and thus the
> stdlib modules for them can go.  Below is a list of some modules
> which rely on a file format that may be obsolete.
> audioop
>     Raw (8|16|32)-bit wide audio files (as generated by the al and
>     sunaudiodev modules).
> chunk
>     AIFF, AIFF-C, and RMFF audio files.
> sunau
>     Sun AU audio files [#sun-au]_.

audioop and sunau disappearing would make me _very_ _very_ unhappy.


Well, I am not about to piss off the release manager.  =)

audioop in particular- I make heavy use of it in a number of
projects (both opensource and non).

The sunau format is still used in quite a number of places - for
instance, it's the default format for cisco access gateways, as
well as a bunch of other hardware.


I just removed that whole section in Open Issues so audioop, sunau, and
chunk are not even being considered for removal.

I could see the justification for moving all of the audio-specific
modules (these ones, aifc, wave, sndhdr) into a new toplevel 'audio'
package. Although 'chunk' is also used for some forms of image
file, IIRC.


Anyone know if this is true? I just want to be sure since I will be
proposing new packages soon.

-Brett
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