On Tue., May 21, 2019, 04:25 Victor Stinner, <vstin...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Le mar. 21 mai 2019 à 13:18, André Malo <n...@perlig.de> a écrit : > > There's software in production using both. (It doesn't mean it's on pypi > or > > even free software). > > > > What would be the maintenance burden of those modules anyway? (at least > for > > nntp, I guess it's not gonna change). > > The maintenance burden is real even if it's not visible. For example, > test_nntplib is causing frequently issues on our CI: > > https://bugs.python.org/issue19756 > https://bugs.python.org/issue19613 > https://bugs.python.org/issue31850 > > It's failing frequently since 2013, and nobody managed to come with a > fix.. in 6 years. > > There are 11 open issues with "nntp" in their title (8 with exactly > "nntplib" in their title). > I would be curious to know how many feature PRs there might exist as that also is a burden for any of these modules beyond bugs and any general upkeep we do (e.g. someone on Twitter argued that because someone merged a new feature that means that a module should stay, but to me that just says one person cared enough to write a PR and one core dev viewed it as harmless to merge which isn't necessarily representative of usage). -Brett P.S. I have an idea about under-supported modules in the stdlib and feature requests, but it's too early to share (nor the appropriate thread of discussion). > test_nntplib uses the public server news.trigofacile.com which is > operated by Julien ÉLIE. Two years ago, Julien asked me if there is > any plan to support the NNTP "COMPRESS" command. > > Victor > > > > > > -- > Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. > _______________________________________________ > 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/brett%40python.org >
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