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

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 04:40:22 -0500

Martin v. Loewis <martin@v.loewis.de>:

> 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

Thanks for the correction.

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.

No C. That's one of the good things about this implementation; it's pure Python, relying only on the existing pty module.

I don't think it's going to need a lot of maintainance, frankly. Simple API, well-understood problem, and an author who (correctly) describes himself as "anal-retentive" :-). What it is likely to do is tickle a lot of bugs and edge cases in the pty code.

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