<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed., May 22, 2019, 03:13 Antoine Pitrou, <<a href="mailto:solipsis@pitrou.net">solipsis@pitrou.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 21 May 2019 17:44:16 -0700<br>
Brett Cannon <<a href="mailto:bcannon@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bcannon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > So I should never have added those tests and then we wouldn't be talking<br>
> > about removing nntplib.<br>
> >Â <br>
> <br>
> Not necessarily. I suspect it still would have been listed, you would have<br>
> objected, and someone may have looked at the tests to point out it was only<br>
> unit tests with no integration tests against a live service like e.g. the<br>
> pythontest.net-related tests and so it was already neglected.<br>
<br>
But that's moving the goalposts.</blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I was just replying to your hypothetical with another hypothetical.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Â The PEP talks about "cruft,<br>
unnecessary duplication of functionality, and dispensable features". Not<br>
modules which have an insufficient test suite.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To me, untested code is a potential signal of cruft.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> It also doesn't help that no one is listed in the experts index for the<br>
> module either.<br>
<br>
Right, but that's the case for many modules.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I never said I didn't view this PEP as conservative. 😉</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyway, my support of dropping nntplib is +0 so I personally support Christian if he wants to keep on the list but I'm also not that bothered if he wants to take it off the list.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Brett</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Regards<br>
<br>
Antoine.<br>
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