[Python-Dev] Scandir module seeking new maintainer (original) (raw)

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 08:06:10 EDT 2016

Hi,

2016-03-29 2:55 GMT+02:00 Ben Hoyt <benhoyt at gmail.com>:

I'm the author and current maintainer of the scandir module (Python 3.5's os.scandir but for Python 2.x and 3.x before 3.5). But I've taken on a few new non-programming projects and found I don't have time for the little improvements and fixes that are now in CPython's os.scandir and should be backported into the PyPI module.

So I'm looking for someone who wants to take over the maintenance of the scandir PyPI module. It wouldn't be much work, as there are only a couple of fairly small issues to fix. Or it might be a good way to start for someone who wants to contribute to a small but useful open source module in the Python ecosystem.

FYI I just finished (I hope!) to bug on os.walk(bytes) on Windows with the "emulated" scandir (since os.scandir() only works on Unicode on Python 3.5+): http://bugs.python.org/issue25911

Since I helped you to write your PEP 471 (scandir) as the BDFL-delegate, I think that I now understand well scandir(). So I can help you to maintain your backport.

Victor

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