[Python-Dev] Adding Japanese Codecs to the distro

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Atsuo Ishimoto wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:40:19 -0500
> barry@python.org (Barry A. Warsaw) wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>>>>"MvL" == Martin v L?is <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:
>>
>>    >> We also need active maintainers for the codecs. I think ideal
>>    >> would be to get Hisao share this load -- Hisao for the Python
>>    >> version and Tamito for the C one.
>>
>>    MvL> That is a valid point. Has Hisao volunteered to maintain his
>>    MvL> code?

Yes.

>>AFAICT, Tamito is pretty good about maintaining his codec.  I see new
>>versions announced fairly regularly.

I wasn't saying that he doesn't maintain the code. Indeed, he
does a very good job at it.

> (cc'ing another Tamito's mail addr. Tamito, are you wake up?)
> 
>  I believe he will continue to maintain it. Of cource, I and people in
> the Japanese Python community will help him. I don't expect such kind of
> community effort for Hisao's codec. Active users in Japan will continue
> to use Tamio's one, and don't care Python version is broken or not.

Hmm, there seems to be a very strong feeling towards Tamito's
codecs in the Japanese community.

The problem I see is size: Tamito's codecs have an installed
size of 1790kB while Hisao's codecs are around 81kB.

That's why I was suggesting to use Hisao's codecs as default and
to revert to Tamito's in case they are installed (much like you'd use
cStringIO instead of StringIO if it's installed).

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