[Python-Dev] Adding library modules to the core (original) (raw)

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:59:54 -0400

Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:

That depends on what the PEP does. PEPs can do two things (according to the PEP that covers PEPs :): argue for a new feature/addition to the Python language, or describe a standard or procedure of some sort. This PEP could perhaps do both: describe a standard procedure for proposing and accepting a new module in the library (and probably also removal, though that's a lot trickier) AND do some catching-up on that process to get a few good modules into the stdlib before 2.0 goes into a feature freeze (which is next week, by the way.)

As for the procedure to add a new module, I think someone volunteering to 'adopt' the module and perhaps a few people reviewing it would about do it, for the average module. Giving people a chance to say 'no!' of course.

Sounds like my cue to write a PEP. What's the URL for the PEP on PEPs again?

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