On 7 April 2018 at 04:13, Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: > Better to deprecate it before it becomes broken, in my opinion. > > Having someone willing and able to review and merge changes is the best > criteria for whether a module is still supported or not.
I think there's a difference between not being willing to add enhancements, and not fixing bugs. The issue that originally triggered this discussion was an enhancement request, and I don't think it's unreasonable to declare cmd as "stable - no further enhancements will be made or accepted" while still considering it as supported for bugfixes. If significant bugs in cmd are remaining unfixed, then that's a somewhat different matter. The fact that pdb uses it, and the advantage of having something in the stdlib for users without easy access to "pip install", *plus* the general principle of "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" make me feel that the best solution would be to document that extended replacements such as cmd2 exist in PyPI, but retain cmd as supported but not (in principle) accepting further enhancements (leaving the door open for interested core devs to merge enhancements on a case by case basis if they have a personal interest in doing so). Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
