[Python-Dev] Signs of neglect?

[Steve Holden]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
>> 2010/6/25 Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com>:
>> I would call it more a sign of no tests rather than one of neglect and
>> perhaps also an indication of the usefulness of those tools.
> 
> Less than useful tools with no tests probably qualify as neglected...
> 
> An assessment of the contents of the Py3k tools directory is probably
> in order, with at least a basic "will it run?" check added for those
> we decide to keep..
> 
Neither webchecker nor wcgui.py will run - the former breaks because
sgmllib is mossing, the latter because it uses the wrong name for
"tkinter" (but overcoming this will throw it bak to an sgmllib
dependency too).

Guido thinks it's OK to abandon at least some of them, so I don't see
the rest getting much love in the future. They do need sorting through -
I don't see anyone wanting xxci.py, for example ("check in files for
which rcsdiff returns nonzero exit status").

But I'm grateful you agree with my diagnosis of neglect (not that a
diagnosis in itself is going to help in fixing things).

regards
 Steve
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