[Python-3000] Removing email package until it's fixed

[Neil Schemenauer]

Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> I don't like the former, but the latter is intriguing.  If we could
> host large packages (e.g., email, sqlite, ctypes, etc.) on python.org
> by providing tracker, svn, and web space they could be developed and
> released on their own schedule.  Then the Python release would then
> become a sumo release of these various packages.

Hosting them on python.org is a separate decision.  We should be
able to pull in packages that are hosted anywhere into the
"batteries included" distribution.

It sounds like most people are supportive of this idea. All that's
needed is a little documentation outline the rules that packages
must confirm to and a little scripting.

We could have another file in the distribution, similar to
Modules/Setup, say Modules/Batteries. :-)  Something like:

    # ElementTree -- An XML API
    http://effbot.org/downloads/elementtree.tar.gz

    # email -- An email and MIME handling package
    http://www.python.org/downloads/email.tar.gz

There could be a makefile target or script that downloads them and
unpacks them into the right places.

  Neil