[Python-Dev] ElementTree - Why not part of the core? (fwd)

[Jim Fulton]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> skip at pobox.com wrote:
> 
>>Passing along from c.l.py.  I think ElementTree is the poster child for
>>best-of-breed code belonging in the standard distribution.
> 
> 
> That's primarily for the author of the software to decide, at this
> point. Fredrik Lundh would have to offer it for contribution first.
> 
> I don't know what his current position is, but I think it is unlikely
> that he will contribute it: in the past, he often indicated that he
> a) dislikes the growth of the standard Python library, and
> b) dislikes forking his own branch for inclusion in another package
>     (which would happen if he contributed one version for the
>      standard library, and would continue to maintain the code
>      outside of Python also).

Ooh. Well said. I agree with both of these points. :)

+1

> That said, I agree that ElementTree would be a valuable addition
> to the Python library, and has certainly passed the "collect feedback
> in the real world" test.

I hope that packaging progress will someday make it matter much less
whether something is in the standard library.

Jim

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