Brett Cannon wrote: [ ... ] > Yep. PEP 3108 does have some basic package suggestions in the Open > Issues section and people seem to support them. I will be making a > separate push for them on python-3000 once the whole discussion of what > modules to remove has settled down. > > Then again, the post is from 2002 - so things may have changed. > > > Maybe. > > There have been a couple of attempts to reorg the stdlib into > packages, but AFAIR, I see, all of them were withdrawn > due to the problem of finding a suitable grouping (often enough, > a module would be suitable for more than just one functional > package, e.g. urllib would fit "io" as well as "net") or > lack of support from the developers. > > > Yep, that's what has happened.
I can't believe that we need to be flummoxed by the necessity of having the same package appear at two (or more!) different places in the package naming hierarchy. I suspect lack of support is more due to developers feeling there are more profitable ways to spend their time. > > Now that we're discussing moving the include files into > a subdirectory (for much the same reasons), I think it's > time to reboot the discussion of a Python package with or > without possible subpackages. > > > Well, perhaps other people want to show support if they like the idea? > I am personally split down the middle either way. > It would be an excellent idea to clean up the standard library space. It should be possible in most cases to provide backwards-compatible implementations of the current modules (at least the pure Python ones) by doing an import * from the appropriate new-style package. Some such compatibility mechanism will be essential if the re-org is to happen in an acceptable way before Py3k. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Blog of Note: http://holdenweb.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
