[Python-Dev] PEP 3148 ready for pronouncement

[Lennart Regebro]

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 12:15, Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com> wrote:
> You could make the same argument about any module in the stdlib.

Yeah, and that's exactly what I did.

> I doubt it. Simple modules are unlikely to develop a following because it is
> too easy to partially replicate their functionality. urlparse and os.path
> are very useful modules but I doubt that they would have been successful on
> PyPI.

Are you saying your proposed module is so simple that anyone can
easily replicate it with just a couple of lines of code?

> The good news in this case is that the same API has been used successfully
> in Java and C++ for years so it is unlikely that any major changes will need
> to be made.

Good. Then the time it takes to "mature" on PyPI would be very short.

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