Chris Withers <chris <at> simplistix.co.uk> writes: > > I'm on on stdlib-sig and I'm afraid I don't have the bandwidth to start > on it, but I'd just like to throw in (yet again) that it would be great > if the stdlib was actually a set of separate python packages with their > own version metadata so that packaging tools could manage them, and > upgrade them independently of python packages when there are bug fixes.
This sounds like a bad idea to me. Each Python release is tested and debugged as a whole. If you have a lot of possible combinations (module A version 1.1 with module B version 1.2, etc.), it becomes impossible for us to ensure proper QA for the whole and as a result the quality might become lower, rather than higher. (of course, if we rigorously enforce APIs and preserve compatibility, this might not be a real issue; but our compatibility story is a bit irregular, IMHO) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
