Adding ftputil to the Python distribution?

[Stephan Diehl]

Gerhard =?unknown-8bit?Q?H=E4ring?= <gerhard.haering at gmx.de> wrote in message news:<mailman.1036573573.23006.python-list at python.org>...
> * Stefan Schwarzer <sschwarzer at sschwarzer.net> [2002-11-04 21:20 +0100]:
> > ftputil is a module for accessing FTP hosts in a more abstract way than
> > is possible with ftplib. ftputil hides the FTP protocol - and even the
> > access to an FTP server. For example, reading from and writing to file-like
> > objects corresponding to files on a remote host are possible.
> > 
> > ftputil may be of general enough use to put in into the Python standard
> > library, I was told. Comments?
> 
> I'd find it a useful addition. It could also be used from a future VFS module.
> 

Talking about a future VFS: is there already somethings planned? It
would be very nice to access a local filesystem, remote filesystem
(over ssh/scp), ftp server, webdav server,...  with the same set of
commands.

Stephan

> -- Gerhard