Third party module in standard library
Hi Guys, I would like to ask You: What is the process to propose a module to be part of the standard library? I would like to propose the following modules: requests https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests and xmltodict https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xmltodict Both of them makes the life easier, and more simple ;-) Of course there are several similar libraries -- I know -- and actually several good modules could be part of standard library. ... Kind regards, George
You might be interested in reading [1] for inclusion of new modules. A discussion on inclusion of requests has already been made [2] so you might want to take a look there too, I wouldn't be surprised if there's an old thread on python-ideas somewhere for requests. For xmltodict, I have no idea :-). Posting on python-ideas was the right step to take, though :-) [1]: https://docs.python.org/devguide/stdlibchanges.html#adding-a-new-module [2]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/2424 Best Regards, Jim Fasarakis Hilliard On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 2:51 PM, George Fischhof <george@fischhof.hu> wrote:
Thanks for the consideration, and we’re glad that you find Requests helpful. However, the Requests project is not interested in being part of the standard library for as long as it’s under active development. This LWN article provides a good summary of the discussion that was had at the 2015 Python Language Summit, which covers the arguments for and against: https://lwn.net/Articles/640838/ <https://lwn.net/Articles/640838/>. We believe that the most important place to spend time is not adding more modules to the standard library, but making it easier to get hold of the best-in-class third-party modules. Cory
You might be interested in reading [1] for inclusion of new modules. A discussion on inclusion of requests has already been made [2] so you might want to take a look there too, I wouldn't be surprised if there's an old thread on python-ideas somewhere for requests. For xmltodict, I have no idea :-). Posting on python-ideas was the right step to take, though :-) [1]: https://docs.python.org/devguide/stdlibchanges.html#adding-a-new-module [2]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/2424 Best Regards, Jim Fasarakis Hilliard On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 2:51 PM, George Fischhof <george@fischhof.hu> wrote:
Thanks for the consideration, and we’re glad that you find Requests helpful. However, the Requests project is not interested in being part of the standard library for as long as it’s under active development. This LWN article provides a good summary of the discussion that was had at the 2015 Python Language Summit, which covers the arguments for and against: https://lwn.net/Articles/640838/ <https://lwn.net/Articles/640838/>. We believe that the most important place to spend time is not adding more modules to the standard library, but making it easier to get hold of the best-in-class third-party modules. Cory
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