[Python-ideas] Interest in seeing sh.py in the stdlib

Andrew Moffat andrew.robert.moffat at gmail.com
Mon Oct 22 04:40:07 CEST 2012


I would be interested in relicensing and donating.  I am able to reach out
to the contributors, and I am pretty positive I could reach out and get the
signing off from them.  I would be more than willing to maintain the
package as well...I'm in it for the long haul, it seems to resonated well
with the community throughout its development.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org>wrote:

> Am 21.10.2012 02:33, schrieb Andrew Moffat:
> > I'm interested in making sh.py more accessible to help bring Python
> > forward in the area of shell scripting, so I'm interested in seeing if
> > sh would be suitable for the standard library.  Is there any other
> > interest in something like this?
>
> I like to ignore the technical issues for now and concentrate on the
> legal and organizational problems.
>
> In order to get sh.py into Python's stdlib you have to relicense and
> donate the code under the PSF license. You and every contributor must
> agree on the relicensing. At least you must submit a signed contributor
> agreement, maybe every contributor. Are you able to get hold of everybody?
>
> Are you willing to maintain your code for several years, at least five
> years or more?
>
> Regards,
> Christian
>
>
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