[Python-Dev] standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

[Sriram Srinivasan]

as people like to compare languages take ruby for example (i am confident
that there will be no flame war here ;) )

we have PyPI
they have RAA

we have ?
they have rubyforge

i am seeing the rubyforge site now on my other tab, i find

Communications (365 projects)
Database (245 projects)
Desktop Environment (80 projects)
Education (81 projects)
Games/Entertainment (225 projects)
Internet (1339 projects)
Multimedia (296 projects)
Office/Business (226 projects)
Other/Nonlisted Topic (82 projects)
Printing (23 projects)
Religion (7 projects)
Scientific/Engineering (278 projects)
Security (86 projects)
Sociology (16 projects)
Software Development (1164 projects)
System (548 projects)
Terminals (37 projects)
Text Editors (136 projects)

these are the ongoing library development. although they are small in number
but it is put very clear.

in python the only way i have found about the libraries we have is by using
the doc (docs is great at this).
but i find less/no details about standalone/libraries that are not part of
python stdlib. (google is great at this)

lets take RAA now,

By Category
 Application
  114 subcategories
  553 projects
 Documentation
  14 subcategories
  31 projects
 Library
  150 subcategories
  1179 projects
 Ports
  8 subcategories
  10 projects

* By Project(ALL): 286 subcategories, 1773 projects
* By Owner: 905 owners

first of all they can never ever beat python's record of packages.

its funny i found a ruby project in pypi. on further inspection [rython
0.0.1] a library module for coding in ruby inside python code
transparently... how awesome..! its happy to see that libraries already has
taken the add-on feature. sad to see libraries mixed up with software
packages (no one will find about  the library amidst those 1000's of
software!

packaging libraries has some other advantages too, like accumulation of
ideas happen. what if i design a *library* and no one uses it? whats the
point in creating? but if i could upload that in pypi or something like
that, also one python core active developer has had a look in to that, and
might one day be integrated with the standard modules..!

the best thing for now i propose is that segregating libraries and
applications in pypi. if thats a first stage bring about an awesome library
for distribution of packages (already in progress). third is chunk the
standard library and start providing the packages. seems simple but already
the python community is waiting for a long time.

-- 
Regards,
Sriram.
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