On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > I'm disappointed in the process -- it's as if nobody really reviewed > the API until it was released with rc1, and this despite there being a > significant discussion about its inclusion and alternatives months > ago. (Don't look at me -- I wouldn't recognize a netmask if it bit me > in the behind, and I can honestly say that I don't know whether /8 > means to look only at the first 8 bits or whether it means to mask off > the last 8 bits.) > > I hope we can learn from this.
Yep, thats a fair summary. Removal will be trivial. Should it only be removed from py3k branch or also from trunk pending a decision as to if the library is reworked or if something else entirely is adopted? _______________________________________________ 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
