[Python-Dev] CJKCodecs integration into Python

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Hye-Shik Chang wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:43:34PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>>Hye-Shik Chang wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>>Any opionions will be appreciated.
>>
>>I like it except for the module names of the underlying C modules.
>>Could you group them under a common prefix, e.g. _cjk_<codecname> ?!
> 
> 
> Okay. How about _codecs_<codecname> or _encodings_<codecname> ?
> _cjk_<codecname> seems to be easy to lose naming consistency when
> another C codec for non-CJK multibyte encodings like Vietnamese.

_codec_<name> would be fine. This is really only to prevent
cluttering up the global module namespace.

>>Even better would be to put them into a package, but I'm not
>>sure whether that would complicate the setup.
> 
> -0 for this. We don't have any packages on lib-dynload currently.

Right, so let's use a prefix.

>>>Thank you!
>>
>>Thank you for contributing these !
>>
>>Since this is a major contribution, we will probably have to ask
>>you to sign one of the contribution agreements that we are currently
>>having in the legal review queue. Would that pose a problem ?
> 
> 
> How can I sign the aggrements? Airmail and PGP-signed email work
> for me. But I can't sure whether I am able to send a international
> FAX. :)

We would need a wet-signed form (ie. postal mail).
I just wanted to let you know about this process. It is
not yet set up, but eventually we will ask for these
signatures from all major contributors.

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