[Python-3000] Proposal: No more standard library additions

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Aahz schrieb:
>> See, and I believe this isn't the case for distutils.
> 
> Can you suggest a good mechanism for resolving the deadlock?  We have the
> primary maintainer (and some other users) claiming that distutils is a
> mess that needs rewriting.  You think it doesn't, but based on other
> comments you've made, I believe you don't have available time.  I haven't
> seen anyone else agreeing with you.

There isn't really a deadlock until some action gets blocked. Discussion
can't really deadlock, only livelock (i.e. go in circles). I believe
Philipp Eby (assuming he is the one you mentioned as the "primary
maintainer" - distutils in itself has no maintainer) understands my
concerns, and if he eventually proposes an action, he'll consider them.
So far, he hasn't proposed any action that got blocked (atleast not for
Py3k), so there wasn't any deadlock (yet).

However, I'm seriously concerned about libraries with only a single
maintainer. I believe this is what caused the problems with distutils
(the single maintainer ran away), and it can potentially cause problems
with any replacement of it, if that replacement has only a single
maintainer, as well.

Regards,
Martin