Ka-Ping Yee <pingster@ilm.com>:
Eric suggested adding a cross-platform "browse" routine to urllib. Some discussion ensued; some names for a separate module were proposed including "webbrowser.py"; some people suggested using the "start" command on Windows instead; i suggested a "launch" module for launching other kinds of external applications as well as web browsers; i don't remember if any resolution was reached.
Fred Drake coded up a new version after I critiqued the original. He and I agreed it was good, and we didn't see any -1s on adding it to the library. Fred, did you ever commit that sucker? -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a> The possession of arms by the people is the ultimate warrant that government governs only with the consent of the governed. -- Jeff Snyder