--Apple-Mail=_0B26B532-B293-4D6A-B887-30015D809C82 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Brett and I have been working on a little skunkworks project for a few = weeks, and it=E2=80=99s now time to announce the first release. We=E2=80=99= re calling it importlib_resources and its intent is to replace the = =E2=80=9CBasic Resource Access=E2=80=9D APIs of pkg_resources with more = efficient implementations based directly on importlib. importlib_resources 0.1 provides support for Python 2.7, and 3.4-3.7. = It defines an ABC that loaders can implement to provide direct access to = resources inside packages. importlib_resources has fallbacks for file = system and zip file loaders, so it should work out of the box in most of = the places that pkg_resources is currently used. We even have a = migration guide for folks who want to drop pkg_resources altogether and = adopt importlib_resources. importlib_resources explicitly does not = support pkg_resources features like entry points, working sets, etc. = Still, we think the APIs provided will be good enough for most current = use cases. http://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/ We are calling it =E2=80=9Cimportlib_resources=E2=80=9D because we = intend to port this into Python 3.7 under a new importlib.resources = subpackage, so starting with Python 3.7, you will get this for free. = The API is going to officially be provisional, but I=E2=80=99ve already = done an experimental port of at least one big application (I=E2=80=99ll = let you guess which one :) and it=E2=80=99s fairly straightforward, if = not completely mechanical unfortunately. Take a look at the migration = guide for details: http://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migration.html We also intend to include the ABC in Python 3.7: http://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/abc.html You can of course `pip install importlib_resources`. We=E2=80=99re hosting the project on GitLab, and welcome feedback, bug = fixes, improvements, etc! * Project home: https://gitlab.com/python-devs/importlib_resources * Report bugs at: = https://gitlab.com/python-devs/importlib_resources/issues * Code hosting: https://gitlab.com/python-devs/importlib_resources.git * Documentation: http://importlib_resources.readthedocs.io/ Cheers. -Barry and Brett --Apple-Mail=_0B26B532-B293-4D6A-B887-30015D809C82 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEhBcVftvnPZ6sHlObEm61Y6dLBr8FAlopftcACgkQEm61Y6dL Br8PRw//YC5f2FPNftR/GPNgt/wMa63sSwRgdxORMoUi7iip9vja4+HagikzLD94 zcUSu7XmXdgMULqisZ8xE0vsSiBae79sOHidN142c9YZLuom6jqDX0RILYoxFw44 xdcy/CHQGV4pNG81s1G9g3iNTaiYh15zJg8fh59R5daxZIBopNTAm3Kugeq9K2Xf qferhW5eQ0SgmyqLlDOcF8YgkH8F45b7CIa8p23amy4kVP1u305/Im/sVYTa5Bnn mb9VqDb/s1Ii0OghWoTEeVD070Fx4b503rr8AjpqUzixwgLssJDn3rcLrGE3sBki 32EbeZ8gM+NZQAmzKCV9cfPbDPWxLMn0TTdobRWxg1QarU0qzZsw8F5m20t9SE0L jBR2J1MdHdesuFEC4aNu3OoeTHH8whmVE/jcUYujdZa3RGX4/L6AmyNzYnwL9Qic kylLgDAnR5wNSoXFarTkgnt9/n7nQer8cK34c3duKnw+85INyWVPKicKf4qp8Oc9 K3K3DzWFnhrE0OTiZrO/UWwEL/GGRkVI1mSFx04i4i90hMuZXbHBGa2S63TZD6Xt Cxw0DdU5eT5sA+UoenJ0/a4S5jNvak858vX7NkAlXVr5npiha7teFiv4XWTNQHs5 Gt3BgQjQ1+v0ldF1Ujg/T+o3Z6eQFd3YdSku9Tgv7glcvf0UbNg= =YMqE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_0B26B532-B293-4D6A-B887-30015D809C82--