[Python-Dev] collections.sortedtree (original) (raw)

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Fri Mar 28 05:36:42 CET 2014

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

This is at least some convenience for all users, and a near necessity for some strictly controlled environments. In the latter, the "gatekeeper" is all too likely to say "PyPI? Bring us a CTO signoff that 'this module is essential', or forget it".

Don't forget, of course, that there is a middle ground. Something that's really REALLY awesome on PyPI but isn't in the stdlib might be packaged by various Linux distros. If you use Debian, typing "apt-cache pkgnames python-" (or using tab completion on an "apt-get install") will show you a veritable ton of packages, many of which are originally off PyPI. Even if you don't actually use that distribution, it might be worth telling the gatekeeper that Debian and/or Red Hat have indicated trust for some particular version of some particular package, which might help get over that hump. But it's still going to be a much bigger hump than "it's in CPython 3.4".

ChrisA

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