I think if the project is not maintained externally and thus synced into the stdlib we can drop the attributes.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:44 AM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > None of these have seen much adoption, so I think we can lose them without > dire consequences. The info should be moved into a docstring or comment. > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 06:54 Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Some module attributes in the stdlib have attribute __version__. It >> makes sense if the module is developed independently from Python, but >> after inclusion in the stdlib it no longer have separate releases which >> should be identified by version. New changes goes into module usually >> without changing the value of __version__. Different versions of the >> module for different Python version can have different features but the >> same __version__. >> >> I propose to remove __version__ in all stdlib modules. Are there any >> exceptions? >> >> Also, what do you think about other meta attributes like __author__, >> __credits__, __email__, __copyright__, __about__, __date__? >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/KBU4EU2JULXSMUZULD5HJJWCGOMN52MK/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > -- > --Guido (mobile) > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/RGHWIBDQJOHRUM726BR2WYZOBO2T5WIY/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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