[Python-Dev] Batteries Included?

Jeremy Hylton jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:30:37 -0500 (EST)


>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> writes:

  >> Guido van Rossum wrote:  I like the batteries included
  >> approach, but I also feel resistence  against including stuff I
  >> cannot maintain.   ...   This isn't rocket science.  Red Hat
  >> Python?  I'm all for it! :-)

  >> MAL wrote:
  >> I think we should wait for distutils to get up and running
  >> perfectly for everyone before taking such a step.

  GvR> Fair enough -- but in the mean time, no more pushing for new
  GvR> modules in the core distribution (distutils excluded).

Perhaps the right long-term solution (post-distutils) is to split
Python into a core architected by Guido and a bazaar-style standard
library maintained in a more apache-style.

Jeremy