meta: I'm not participating in this sub-thread. Just changing the subject line.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:17 AM Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote: > On 29/11/2018 17.32, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > We may ask ourselves if there is really a large difference between a > > "standard distribution" and a "standard library". The primary > > difference seems to be that the distribution is modular, while the > > stdlib is not. > > Yes, there is a huge difference between a larger distribution and a > stdlib. I'm going to ignore all legal issues and human drama of "choose > your favorite kid", but start with a simple example. > > I'm sure we can all agree that the requests library should be part of an > extended Python distribution. After all it's the best and easiest HTTP > library for Python. I'm using it on a daily basis. However I would > require some changes to align it with other stdlib modules. Among others > requests and urllib3 would have to obey sys.flags.ignore_environment and > accept an SSLContext object. Requests depends on certifi to provide a CA > trust store. I would definitely veto against the inclusion of certifi, > because it's not just dangerous but also breaks my code. > > If we would keep the standard distribution of Python as it is and just > have a Python SIG offer an additional extended distribution on > python.org, then I don't have to care about the quality and security of > additional code. The Python core team would neither own the code nor > takes responsibility of the code. Instead the extended distribution SIG > merely set the quality standards and leave the maintance burden to the > original owners. In case a library doesn't keep up or has severe flaws, > the SIG may even decide to remove a package from the extended distribution. > > Christian > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/greg%40krypto.org >
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