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

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/7/2010 5:20 PM, Eric Smith wrote:

> pip could use the new features in 3.4, and it could get the new features
> in 2.x if the users were willing to install the updated library, since
> it's not in the stdlib. But for 3.3 you'd be stuck.

I see no reason why 3.3 users could not also download the 3.4 version of 
something just as well as user of earlier versions (who well might 
already have the 3.3 version).