[Python-Dev] PEP 408 -- Standard library __preview__ package

[Nick Coghlan]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> Would it be acceptable then for a distro to disable __preview__ or empty it
> out?
>
> The thinking goes like this: if you would normally use an __preview__ module
> because you can't get approval to download some random package from PyPI, well
> then your distro probably could or should provide it, so get it from them.  In
> fact, if the number of __preview__ modules is kept low, *and* PyPI equivalents
> were a requirement, then a distro vendor could just ensure those PyPI versions
> are available as distro packages outside of the __preview__ stdlib namespace
> (i.e. in their normal third-party namespace).  Then folks developing on that
> platform could just use the distro package and ignore __preview__.
>
> If that's acceptable, then maybe it should be explicitly so in the PEP.

I think that's an excellent idea - in that case, the distro vendor is
taking over the due diligence responsibilities, which are the main
point of __preview__.

Similarly, sumo distributions like ActiveState or Python(x, y) could
choose to add the PyPI version.

Cheers,
Nick.

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