On Sun, Aug 26, 2007, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I don't like the former, but the latter is intriguing. If we could >> host large packages (e.g., email, sqlite, ctypes, etc.) on python.org >> by providing tracker, svn, and web space they could be developed and >> released on their own schedule. Then the Python release would then >> become a sumo release of these various packages. > > Hosting them on python.org is a separate decision. We should be able > to pull in packages that are hosted anywhere into the "batteries > included" distribution. > > It sounds like most people are supportive of this idea.
Please don't interpret a missing chorus of opposition as support. I'm only -0, but I definitely am negative on the idea based on my guess about the likelihood of problems. (OTOH, I have no opinion about temporarily removing the email package for a1 -- though I'm tempted to suggest we call it a0 instead.) -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it." --Dijkstra _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
