[Python-Dev] Expect in python (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
22 Nov 2002 10:38:14 +0100

"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> writes:

I told him that we don't have a formal process, but attracting the attention of someone on python-dev is usually where it starts.

Actually, we do: Write a library PEP, see PEP 2.

This procedure is rarely executed completely, but I would atleast insist on the maintenance part being clarified in advance - with a clear, up-front indication that the module will be removed if it ever becomes unmaintained (of course, if that ever happens, and the module has its usership, threat of removing it might produce a different maintainer).

As you can see, I don't care that much about usefulness of the module (although I'm sure others here will); to me, if users say it is useful, and maintenance is clear, and it does not come with a huge C library that you need to build, I'm fine with incorporating it - provided there is somebody I can assign bug reports to.

Regards, Martin