Mailman 3 January 2007 - Python-checkins

r53221 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 3, 2007

Jan. 3, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 08:39:03 2007 New Revision: 53221 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Save nis. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 08:39:03 2007 @@ -156,13 +156,6 @@ - AppleSingle is a binary file format for A/UX. - A/UX no longer distributed. -* UNIX - - + nis - - - Wrapper for NIS. - - NIS has been replaced by LDAP, DNS, and Kerberos. - Minimal usage ------------- @@ -599,6 +592,11 @@ + Useful when having to work with stdin. +* nis + + + Testimonials from people that new installations of NIS are still + occurring out in the world. + * telnetlib + Really handy for quick-and-dirty remote access.

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r53220 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by david.goodger Jan. 3, 2007

Jan. 3, 2007

Author: david.goodger Date: Wed Jan 3 06:05:32 2007 New Revision: 53220 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: PEP URL correction Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 06:05:32 2007 @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) .. [#pep-0360] PEP 360: Externally Maintained Packages - (http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0360/) + (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0360/) .. [#module-index] Python Documentation: Global Module Index (http://docs.python.org/modindex.html)

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r53219 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 3, 2007

Jan. 3, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 02:17:11 2007 New Revision: 53219 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Remove server package suggestion, add an XML-RPC one, and not that an HTTP server package might be reasonable. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 02:17:11 2007 @@ -529,14 +529,10 @@ + wave + winsound -* Servers +* XML-RPC - + BaseHTTPServer - + CGIHTTPServer + DocXMLRPCServer - + SimpleHTTPServer + SimpleXMLRPCServer - + SocketServer * Web @@ -554,6 +550,7 @@ + HTMLParser + Cookie + cookielib + + Could also just gather HTTP servers. Modules reliant on obsolete/rarely used file formats?

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r53218 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 3, 2007

Jan. 3, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 02:02:09 2007 New Revision: 53218 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Add a suggestion from Bill Janssen of having a Web package. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 02:02:09 2007 @@ -538,6 +538,23 @@ + SimpleXMLRPCServer + SocketServer +* Web + + + urllib + + urllib + + urlparse + + httplib + + cgi + + cgitb + + BaseHTTPServer + + BaseCGIServer + + SimpleHTTPServer + + htmllib + + htmlentitydefs + + HTMLParser + + Cookie + + cookielib + Modules reliant on obsolete/rarely used file formats? ----------------------------------------------------- @@ -579,16 +596,16 @@ * asynchat/asyncore - + Josiah Carlson has said he will help to maintain the modules. + + Josiah Carlson has said he will help to maintain the modules. * fileinput - + Useful when having to work with stdin. + + Useful when having to work with stdin. * telnetlib - + Really handy for quick-and-dirty remote access. - + Some hardware supports telnet for accessing it. + + Really handy for quick-and-dirty remote access. + + Some hardware supports telnet for accessing it. Introducing a new top-level package

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r53217 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 3, 2007

Jan. 3, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 01:54:06 2007 New Revision: 53217 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Fix links to PEP 4 and 8 (thanks Bill Janssen). Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 01:54:06 2007 @@ -605,10 +605,10 @@ ========== .. [#pep-0004] PEP 4: Deprecation of Standard Modules - (http://www.python.org/dev/pep-0004/) + (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0004/) .. [#pep-0008] PEP 8: Style Guide for Python Code - (http://www.python.org/dev/pep-0008/) + (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) .. [#pep-0360] PEP 360: Externally Maintained Packages (http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0360/)

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r53216 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 3, 2007

Jan. 3, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 01:42:29 2007 New Revision: 53216 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Punt on the idea of a new top-level package for all of the stdlib. Someone else can tackle that idea in a separate PEP. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 01:42:29 2007 @@ -591,6 +591,16 @@ + Some hardware supports telnet for accessing it. +Introducing a new top-level package +----------------------------------- + +It has been suggested that the entire stdlib be placed within its own +package. This PEP will not address this issue as it has its own +design issues (naming, does it deserve special consideration in import +semantics, etc.). Everything within this PEP can easily be handled if +a new top-level package is introduced. + + References ==========

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r53215 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 2, 2007

Jan. 2, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 00:45:12 2007 New Revision: 53215 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: asyncore/asynchat will stay. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 00:45:12 2007 @@ -233,12 +233,6 @@ + If removed (along with binhex), also remove binascii (C implementation of base64, binhex, and uu modules). -* asynchat/asyncore - - + Third-party libraries provide better solutions - (twisted [#twisted]_). - + Deprecation previously supported [#py-dev-summary-2004-11-01]_ - * Bastion/rexec + Restricted execution / security. @@ -583,6 +577,10 @@ Modules that were suggested for removal but were saved ------------------------------------------------------ +* asynchat/asyncore + + + Josiah Carlson has said he will help to maintain the modules. + * fileinput + Useful when having to work with stdin.

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r53214 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 2, 2007

Jan. 2, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 00:37:20 2007 New Revision: 53214 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Save fileinput from the chopping block. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 00:37:20 2007 @@ -178,15 +178,6 @@ + If removed sunaudio should go as well (also undocumented; not edited in over seven years). -* fileinput - - + Basic functionality handled by ``itertools.chain``. - + Using ``enumerate`` (for the line number in the file), - ``itertools.repeat`` (for returning the filename with each - line), and ``zip`` (for connecting the ``enumerate`` object and - ``itertools.repeat`` object) provides 95% of other unique - abilities of fileinput. - * imputil + Undocumented. @@ -589,8 +580,12 @@ Rejected Ideas ============== -Modules that will stay ----------------------- +Modules that were suggested for removal but were saved +------------------------------------------------------ + +* fileinput + + + Useful when having to work with stdin. * telnetlib

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r53213 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 2, 2007

Jan. 2, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 00:23:15 2007 New Revision: 53213 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: Add mention that the function in the stat module should migrate to the object returned by os.stat. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 00:23:15 2007 @@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ * stat + ``os.stat`` now returns a tuple with attributes. + + Functions in the module should be made into methods for the object + returned by os.stat. * statvfs

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r53212 - peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt
by brett.cannon Jan. 2, 2007

Jan. 2, 2007

Author: brett.cannon Date: Wed Jan 3 00:18:36 2007 New Revision: 53212 Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Log: telnetlib is going to stick around. Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt ============================================================================== --- peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt (original) +++ peps/trunk/pep-3108.txt Wed Jan 3 00:18:36 2007 @@ -208,12 +208,6 @@ + Undocumented. -* telnetlib - - + Telnet is not used very much anymore. - + Telnet is unsafe. - + Most people use SSH instead. - * toaiff + Undocumented. @@ -590,6 +584,18 @@ and hides the C implementation. +Rejected Ideas +============== + +Modules that will stay +---------------------- + +* telnetlib + + + Really handy for quick-and-dirty remote access. + + Some hardware supports telnet for accessing it. + + References ==========

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