The big shots

[castironpi at gmail.com]

On Feb 19, 5:31 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> > May I insist?  By the criteria you've mentioned so far, nothing rules
> > out 'ext'.  If it's still a bad idea, there's a reason.  What is it?
>
> You imply that just because something is somehow working and even useful
> for a *some* people (some being maybe only you) that it would be worth
> including in the python standard lib. It is not.
>
> There are no really formal rules for inclusion, but these are certainly
> rules of thumb that are being considered:
>
>   - is it useful for *a lot of people*
>
>   - will it be mantained and maintainable for "ever" once it is part of
>     the standard distribution
>
>   - does it introduce external dependencies? If yes, this must be *very*
>     carful considered.
>
>   - is the design well-thought and mature
>
>   - does it make sense tying the release cycle of python the cycle of the
>     new lib
>
> And insulting the people who do work on python and do a marvellous job
> doing so is certainly *not* helping.
>
> Diez

I don't know quite how to handle your reply.  Counterexamples are
already in.  Shall I add this to the list:

   - is someone's favorite?

while True:
   "I like it."
   "I don't."
"But I have check-in priveleges on the SVN trunk."

I do not insult anyone.  I ask: What if he, she, or they, those who
have those priveleges, dislike a good thing?

You all know the allegory of the Apes and the Fire Hose.  But 'ext' is
actually good.

Do you have these:

- It would not get used by anyone
- It is not useful to very many people
- There is some concern it could not remain maintainable
- It is neither well-thought out nor mature
- It will not ever make sense to tie it in to the Python cycle

?

If not, how about these:

- It doesn't match the rest of the language
- It's too cutting edge
- It is too hard to handle
- It would get out of hand really quickly
- I can't control you anymore after I let it in
- The functionality already exists per se
- It is to the rest of the language as wires #3, #4, and #5 are to RCA
cables
- HTML 4.01 is not an improvement over HTML 4.0

?

If still not, how about these:

- It hurts my feelings
- It foils my revenge
- I'd rather you toil meanially
- Tedious is good
- You shouldn't have power
- But I'm greedy
- We can't afford it

?