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    Brian> Why can't a nice date time module (like this one) be added to
    Brian> Python's Standard library?

It can.  Someone has to propose it (send mail to python-dev at python.org with
your arguments for inclusion).  It should have broad support within the
larger Python community.  Distribution issues may need to be worked out
(dual repositories, different external and within-Python release schedules,
version compatibility issues, etc).  Also, the author must be willing to
contribute it.  That's not always the case.

Somewhat squishier stuff:

    * Category killer.  If there are other strong alternatives, selecting
      one over all the rest is probably premature.

    * Non-existent or at most modest external dependencies.  Bsddb requires
      Berkeley DB, but that's widely available and present on most Linux
      distros.

    * Vendor dependence.  There are lots of SQL adaptors, but they each
      depend on a different vendors' client libraries.  That makes it tough
      to propose any of them for inclusion.

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