[Python-Dev] PEP 408 -- Standard library preview package (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Sat Jan 28 15:59:22 CET 2012

On 28/01/2012 13:04, Paul Moore wrote:

On 28 January 2012 09:18, Nick Coghlan<ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

It's basically us saying to Python users "We're explicitly flagging this PyPI module for inclusion in the next major Python release. We've integrated it into our build process, test suite and binary releases, so you don't even have to download it from PyPI in order to try it out, you can just import it from the preview namespace (although you're still free to download it from PyPI if you prefer - in fact, if you need to support multiple Python versions, we actively recommend it!). There's still a small chance this module won't make the grade and will be dropped from the standard library entirely (that's why it's only a preview), but most likely it will move into the main part of the standard library with full backwards compatibility guarantees in the next release". +1.

Yep, nice way of putting it - and summing up the virtues of the approach. (Although I might say "most likely it will move into the main part of the standard library with full backwards compatibility guarantees in a future release".)

Michael

Paul.

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