[stdlib-sig] should we try to add argparse?

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 08:28, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> Upfront people need to realize that we might have three argument
>> parsing libraries for a while, but it won't be forever. If we get
>> argparse accepted we would slowly deprecate at least optparse, if not
>> getopt (lat time I tried to ditch getopt for Python 3 some argued that
>> getopt supported stuff optparse didn't), out of the standard library
>> and toss them into PyPI for those who refuse to switch. The standard
>> library might not evolve a lot, but it isn't dead or in stone.
>>
>> But before this can happen, people need to have a general consensus
>> that I should bug Steven about contributing as it will require a PEP
>> from him. Steven already has commit privileges to maintenance from him
>> will not be a problem.
>>
>> So if you want this to actually happen and for me to start talking to
>> Steven just reply to this email w/ a vote.
>>
>> I am +0
>
> More fuel for the pep(fire):
>
> http://blogg.ingspree.net/blog/2009/09/14/opster/

It's only more fuel in terms of acknowledging there is another
approach using decorators. But since no library that takes that
approach is near to being considered best-of-breed by the community or
is as stable as argparse I don't consider it that big of a deal.

-Brett