[Python-ideas] Moving development out of the standard library

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 09:35, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
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> Another alternative is to simply not make improvements to the standard
> library beyond a very well-defined set of appropriate functionality.  This
> would be much closer to the status quo.  Defining what categories would be
> "appropriate" would be contentious, I am sure, but would sharply focus
> future discussions.

I personally would love to see this happen. Having a more clear focus
for the stdlib would be a good thing in my opinion since as of right
now it's just what the group thinks it is at that point.