[Python-Dev] Adding library modules to the core

[Moshe Zadka]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Just a side note: As I recall Guido is not willing to include
> all these third party tools to the core distribution, but rather
> to a SUMO Python distribution, which then includes Python +
> all those nice goodies available to the Python Community.

Yes, that's correct. 

> Maintaining this SUMO distribution should, IMHO, be left to
> a commercial entity like e.g. ActiveState or BeOpen to insure
> quality and robustness -- this is not an easy job, believe me.

Well, I'm hoping that distutils will make this easier.

> Perhaps you ought to retarget you PEP206, Moshe ?!

I'm sorry -- I'm too foolhardy. 

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