At 02:49 PM 3/16/2008 -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote: >On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Btw, would you mind pronouncing (or at least commenting) on PEP 365, > > so that I can proceed with the work -- or not. > >Can you point me to past discussions? ISTR that this is controversial.
The original discussion thread is here... http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-May/thread.html#72891 It mainly discusses why MAL's counterproposals to revamp the API, split into multiple modules, etc., did not address any of the PEP's goals or rationale. And here is the second thread, which is mostly support/encouragement for adding setuptools to the stdlib, or at least pkg_resources: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-January/thread.html#76379 The thread subject is "PEP: per-user site-packages directory", but beginning with that message from Steve Holden, the entire thread is about PEP 365. As far as I can tell, the proposal has seen much more Usenet Nod Syndrome than controversy. None, actually, outside of MAL's objections. Even MvL voiced support for actually expanding the proposal to include an 'easy_install' stub: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-January/076391.html Oh, and there is one additional discussion here, sort of... http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-January/075922.html but despite the subject line, it wasn't really about the PEP at all! The entire discussion ended up being about whether namespace packages should be used in the stdlib, and the consensus was "no", because (among other things) the real benefit of namespace packages is to allow an *organization* to claim a package space (e.g. zope.*), not to "make all the doctors in town live on the same street", as you put it. :) Here's a good summary: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-January/075952.html _______________________________________________ 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
