Message 78988 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

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 that the code is included in 2.7/3.1+?

Of course - hence I said "eventually". The project could continue to maintain the external version as long as they please, provided it doesn't diverge from the in-core version (unless it is the in-core version itself that diverges). What I don't want to see happen is that the community recommends at some point to ignore the outdated crappy version in the core, and replace it with the more-powerful bug-fixed version available separately. This has happened in the past, so I'm extremely cautious here.

Fantastic! Thanks for the clarification.

David, in the event of netaddr's complete or partial inclusion, are you +1 with this and the maintenance of an ip/net library in Python?

Guido, what is your preference regarding feature set/size for an ip/net library in Python?