-On [20100220 13:04], "Martin v. Löwis" (mar...@v.loewis.de) wrote: >> The last commits by Fredrik to ElementTree in Python SVN that I can >> see are dated 2006-08-16. The last commits I can see to ElementTree at >> http://svn.effbot.python-hosting.com/ are dated 2006-07-05. > >And?
[snip] ># Since you've effectively hijacked the library, and have created your ># own fork that's not fully compatible with any formal release of the ># upstream library, and am not contributing any patches back to ># upstream, I suggest renaming it instead. > >This may be politely phrased, but it seems that he is quite upset about >these proposed changes. > >I'd rather drop ElementTree from the standard library than fork it. Maybe I am fully misunderstanding something here and I am also known for just bluntly stating things but: Isn't inclusion into the standard library under the assumption that maintenance will be performed on the code? With all due respect to Frederik, but if you add such a module to the base distribution and then ignore it for 3-4 years I personally have a hard time feeling your 'outrage' being justified for someone who is trying to fix outstanding issues in ElementTree. I also do not find your idea of dropping the module productive either Martin. Just dropping it for no other reason because someone cannot be bothered to act as a responsible maintainer just seems not useful for Python users at all. Especially since patches *are* available. If Frederik has problems with that he should have put a bit more effort into maintaining it in the first place. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai イェルーン ラウフロック ヴァン デル ウェルヴェン http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ | GPG: 2EAC625B In this short time of promise, you're a memory... _______________________________________________ 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
