On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 12:25 AM Christian Tismer <tis...@stackless.com> wrote:
> On 05.06.19 02:21, Victor Stinner wrote: > > So what is happening for this PEP since Python 3.8 beta1 has been > > released? Is it too late for Python 3.8 or not? > > > > It seems like most people are confused by the intent of the PEP. IMHO > > it would be better to rewrite "Remove packages from the stdlib" as > > "Move some stdlib modules to PyPI". But that would require to rewrite > > some parts of the PEP to explain how modules are moved, who become the > > new maintainers, how to support modules both in stdlib (old Python > > versions) and in PyPI (new Python), etc. > > And I would like to add something as well: > > The stdlib has been a set of well-known modules. > Maybe not the latest and greatest, but you knew for quite sure > that these modules are guaranteed to be stable and quite persistent. > > With the move to PyPI, I am missing this promise, partially: > > PyPI has very many good modules, but also some less good ones. > With the stdlib, you had almost one choice to choose from. > With PyPI, you have way too many modules, and you have no longer > the feeling "this seems to be right in BDFL mind". > > I think what is missing is replacement of this feature: > The set of modules in the stdlib has exactly that being in the > stdlib as a quality indicator. > I need now a structure that replaces that quality, > like > > "This one is eligible to go into stdlib" > > Do we have such a replacement implemented, already? > Are you asking for us to bless packages on PyPI as of a quality that the core devs approve of it? Or something else? If it's the former we do have links pointing to other projects already (e.g. linking to 'requests' from https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html#module-urllib.request).
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