Steven Bethard wrote: --snip-- > I think some people were hoping that instead of adding these things to > the standard library, we would come up with a better package manager > that would make adding these things to your local library much simpler. > > STeVe > > [1]http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2005-06-01_2005-06-15.html#reorganising-the-standard-library-again
A better package manager would be great but does not replace having things in the core. Distributed code that relies on external packages puts a significantly greater burden on the user of the code. I suppose there are ways to get around it but often it means at a minimum the user will need to read the install instructions (which seems to be asking a lot for some people.) And at some companies, one has to jump though beauracratic hoops for each external package installed. And I personally stear away from packages that have a long list of prerequisites. With things I've written that I thought might be used by others, I've gone to some lengths to use only modules in the standard library. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
