[Python-Dev] Thoughts on stdlib evolvement

[Fredrik Lundh]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

>> > If Fred were up for it, I think ElementTree would be a wonderful,
>> > must-have addition.
>
>> I might be missing fine details of the English language here
>> (what does "to be up for something" mean?), however, I believe
>> ElementTree is an unlikely addition to the standard library.
>
> Rewritten:
>
> If Fredrik Lundh were supportive of the idea, I think the Standard
> Library would benefit greatly from incorporating ElementTree.

shipping stable versions of ElementTree/cElementTree (or PIL, or python-
doc, or exemaker, or what else you might find useful) with official Python
releases is perfectly okay.

moving the main trunk and main development over to the Python CVS is
another thing, entirely.

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