[Python-Dev] Adding library modules to the core (original) (raw)

Moshe Zadka Moshe Zadka moshez@math.huji.ac.il
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 08:42:30 +0300 (IDT)

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Thomas Wouters wrote:

> PIL,

+0. The main reason I don't compile PIL myself is because it's such a hassle to do it each time, so I think adding it would be nice. However, I'm not sure if it's doable to add, whether it would present a lot of problems for 'strange' platforms and the like. > and Vladimir's shared-memory module. +1. Fits very nicely with the mmapmodule, even if it's supported on less platforms. But perhaps all this falls in the 'batteries included' PEP ? Or perhaps a new PEP, 'enriching the Standard Library' ?

PIL is definitely in the 206 PEP. The others are not yet there. Please note that a central database of "useful modules" which are in distutils' .tar.gz (or maybe .zip, now that Python has zipfile.py") + a simple tool to download and install. The main reason for the "batteries included" PEP is reliance on external libraries, which do not mesh as well with the distutils.

expect-a-change-of-direction-in-the-pep-ly y'rs, Z.

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