[Python-Dev] Backports of standard library modules (original) (raw)

Patrick Maupin pmaupin at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 02:43:57 CET 2007

On 3/11/07, glyph at divmod.com <glyph at divmod.com> wrote:

Isn't this PEP 297?

Thanks for pointing that out. I looked for a relevant PEP, but didn't notice this one. I think this is complementary, but (if I am reading it correctly) it is not exactly the same. The alternate search path is a necessary part of what I am suggesting, but the meat of my proposal (which Brett correctly discerned would require ongoing effort :) is that, when I go to the downloads page for Python 2.3, in addition to downloading Python, I could download all the compatible libraries which were included in later versions as a single installable file. When 2.6 comes out, this "extras" package would be upgraded to include any new modules in 2.6.

Not a lot of fun for people who live on the bleeding edge, but very useful for people who are stuck with an older version for political or other reasons.

Regards, Pat

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