On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:09:13 -0500 Scott Dial <scott+python-...@scottdial.com> wrote: > On 1/27/2012 8:48 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > > The thinking goes like this: if you would normally use an __preview__ module > > because you can't get approval to download some random package from PyPI, > > well > > then your distro probably could or should provide it, so get it from them. > > That is my thought about the entire __preview__ concept. Anything that > would/should go into __preview__ would be better off being packaged for > a couple of key distros (e.g., Ubuntu/Fedora/Gentoo) where they would > get better visibility than just being on PyPI and would be more flexible > in terms of release schedule to allow API changes.
This is a red herring. First, not everyone uses a distro. There are almost a million monthly downloads of the Windows installers. Second, what a distro puts in their packages has nothing to do with considering a module for inclusion in the Python stdlib. Besides, I don't understand how being packaged by a distro makes a difference. My distro has thousands of packages, many of them quite obscure. OTOH, being shipped in the stdlib *and* visibly documented on python.org (in the stdlib docs, in the what's new, etc.) will make a difference. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
