Duncan McGreggor added the comment:
I am a contributor to netaddr, having deprecated my own old and crufty
IP address library in its favor. JP's comments on the library in this
ticket are included in the set of reasons that I initially chose it to
replace my own.
When I first looked a
Duncan McGreggor added the comment:
>> As for shutting down any project that is chosen, does such an action
not
>> leave older Python versions out in the cold? Shouldn't the project
>> remain open to support Python versions < 2.7, with a highly visible
note
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Duncan McGreggor added the comment:
Well, here are my thoughts on the matter:
* ipaddr is relatively small, fast, and focuses on some core functionality
* netaddr is designed to be very flexible (sometimes at the cost of a
little speed), leaning more towards a network calculation/address
Duncan McGreggor added the comment:
Antione,
We're (netaddr) going to try to use ipaddr if possible, but there are
operations which we are providing to API users that aren't directly
supported by ipaddr. We haven't yet determined the level of effort
involved in trying to wor
Duncan McGreggor added the comment:
> If changes to ipaddr could make things easier for netaddr's support
> of advanced features, please do propose those changes!
Thanks, Guido -- we will :-) We'll be watching closely for that and
participating as
