On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Brett Cannon wrote: > Do we have any evidence of this alleged bitrot? I spend a lot of time on the > comp.lang.python newsgroup and I see no evidence that people using Python > believe the standard library is rotting from lack of attention.
IMO, it's a problem mainly with network (especially web) protocols and file formats. It can take the stdlib a long time to catch up with external developments due to the long release cycle, so people are often forced to switch to third party libraries that better track the latest versions of relevant standards (de facto or otherwise). Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ 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
