Terry Reedy wrote: > "Colin J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Isn't this where the discussion should start? There should be some >>general policy guiding the types of modules which should be in the >>standard library. > > > A couple of times, Guido has given his general policy as generally useful; > best-of-breed, tested and accepted by the community; and backed by a > developer who will adapt it and its doc up to stdlib standards (if > necessary) and commit to maintainence for a few years. > > Terry J. Reedy > This is a good base. Presumably "accepted by the community" means with some minimum number of ongoing users.
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