[Python-Dev] Integrate lxml into the stdlib?

[Stefan Behnel]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> I do see the point you are making here. Even if lxml gets mature and
>> static, that doesn't necessarily apply to the external libraries it uses.
>> However, I should note that exactly the same argument also applies to
>> sqlite3 and gdbm, which, again, are in the stdlib today, with sqlite3 being
>> a fairly recent addition.
> 
> Fortunately, it is possible for users to just replace the sqlite DLL in
> a Python installation, with no need of recompiling anything.

Interesting. I assume you are referring to Windows here, right? Does that
"just work" because the DLL is in the same directory?

That would be a nice feature for lxml, too. We could just make the libxml2
and libxslt DLLs package data under Windows in that case.

Stefan