[stdlib-sig] futures - a new package for asynchronous execution

[Antoine Pitrou]

> They also have not stepped forward for inclusion. A point needs to be
> made that Brian has working code and has come forward to contribute
> it.

I do hope that the code and its API get exercised before being included,
though. Looking at the Google Code page, the project has only existed
since May 2009, and there isn't even a mailing-list.

Remember, once we release a Python version with that code in it, we
can't change the API very easily.