[BCC'ing stdlib-sig and web-sig so that both vote but that I don't have to clear a bunch of replies in the stdlib-sig mailing list from people not on both lists =) ] With PyCon approaching and having other stuff on my plate to deal with I want to try to reach a consensus on the whole urllib/urllib2/urlparse situation for the stdlib reorg in Python 3.0 and get it settled. So, two options for people to show support for. One is to keep everything and get cute with the naming:: urlparse -> url.parse urllib -> url.fetch urllib2 -> url.request The second option is to ditch urllib, move the handy quoting tools into either their own module or into what is currently urllib2:: urlparse -> url.parse urllib -> GONE urllib's utility functions -> url.quote urllib2 -> url.request So, if you have an opinion please speak up! -Brett