[Python-Dev] Adding Japanese Codecs to the distro (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:29:54 +0100

Atsuo Ishimoto wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:40:19 -0500 barry@python.org (Barry A. Warsaw) wrote:

"MvL" == Martin v L?is <martin@v.loewis.de> writes: >> We also need active maintainers for the codecs. I think ideal >> would be to get Hisao share this load -- Hisao for the Python >> version and Tamito for the C one. MvL> That is a valid point. Has Hisao volunteered to maintain his MvL> code?

Yes.

AFAICT, Tamito is pretty good about maintaining his codec. I see new versions announced fairly regularly.

I wasn't saying that he doesn't maintain the code. Indeed, he does a very good job at it.

(cc'ing another Tamito's mail addr. Tamito, are you wake up?)

I believe he will continue to maintain it. Of cource, I and people in the Japanese Python community will help him. I don't expect such kind of community effort for Hisao's codec. Active users in Japan will continue to use Tamio's one, and don't care Python version is broken or not.

Hmm, there seems to be a very strong feeling towards Tamito's codecs in the Japanese community.

The problem I see is size: Tamito's codecs have an installed size of 1790kB while Hisao's codecs are around 81kB.

That's why I was suggesting to use Hisao's codecs as default and to revert to Tamito's in case they are installed (much like you'd use cStringIO instead of StringIO if it's installed).

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