[Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Jan 29 21:54:16 CET 2008

Releasing the email package from the Python maintenance branches is probably insane.

People seem to use a lot of strong language lately.

From m-w.com: insane (adjective)

  1. mentally disordered
  2. absurd == ridiculously unreasonable

This kind of thing would be less of a problem if the standard library were smaller, and the email package only available separately. It's also why some of us want a smaller standard library.

I see no problem with the email package being maintained in the Python trunk, per se, and I don't think it should be removed from the standard library at all.

Regards, Martin

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