[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