Guido van Rossum wrote: >> 4 of the 6 modules in PEP 360 were added to Python in 2.5, so if you want >> to get rid of it, *now* would be the time. > > I'm all for it. > > While I am an enthusiastic supporter of several of those additions, I > am *not* in favor of the special status granted to software > contributed by certain developers, since it is a burden for all other > developers.
Then I guess we should deal with before 2.5b1, and delay 2.5b1 until the status of each of these has been clarified. Each maintainer should indicate whether he is happy with a "this is part of Python" approach. If so, the entry should be removed from PEP 360 (*); if not, the code should be removed from Python before beta 1. Speaking with some authority for Expat, I'd be happy to have it removed from PEP 360. Regards, Martin (*) Alternatively, this PEP could be given purely informational status, i.e. with section "no requirements on Python maintainers". Then, Expat should be moved to that section: people can happily make changes to expat, and whoever synchronizes it with the external source must make sure these changes get carried over. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com