[Python-Dev] Dropping externally maintained packages (Was:Please stop changing wsgiref on the trunk) (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Jun 13 00:31:17 CEST 2006

Brett Cannon wrote:

Well, I don't know if that is necessarily the case. PEP 360 doesn't have a single project saying that minor fixes can just go right in. If we want to just change the wording such that all code in the tree can be touched for bug fixes and compatibility issues without clearance, that's great.

I think this is what Philipp Eby essentially said about wsgiref (re-read the subject line for reference).

If the external maintainer really has a strict "don't change anything" policy, the only reasonable way to enforce this policy is to withdraw the code.

But Phillip's email that sparked all of this was about basic changes to wsgiref, not some API change (at least to the best of my knowledge).

That's my understanding as well.

Regards, Martin

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