[getopt-sig] The bake-off

[holger@trillke.net]

[Moore, Paul Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:59:24AM +0100]
> From: holger@trillke.net [mailto:holger@trillke.net]
> > i came in late to the SIG but it appears that in the last two or three
> > month discussion was non-existent. The original SIG-people seem
> > to agree on Optik so i respectfully stay out of their way.
> > 
> > It's just a bit frustrating to see that the 'inner pythoneer circles' 
> > tend to ignore people willing to contribute :-(
> > 
> > They may have good reasons but *complete* lack of communicating them 
> > is not very motivating (despite http://www.python.org/dev/why.html )
> 
> I'm pretty much an outsider to the discussions. I've watched them, as I
> often need option parsing code, and I'd like to find a "nice" package. But I
> tried not to get involved in detail discussions, as I have not (yet) started
> using any of the "competing" packages.
> 
> My view of the discussions was:
> 
> 1. There were a number of people who were fairly enthusiastic about Optik
> (not just Greg, the author). On the other hand, you seemed alone in your
> defence of your package.

you must confuse me with someone else! 

I didn't have any package to defend ...

Additionally, I was just refering to *the discussion* and not to 
package specific things.

regards,

    holger