[Python-3000] PEP 3108 - recommendations for PyPI transition

[Guido van Rossum]

I don't know who proposed to rip out getopt. I definitely want to keep
it. It has plenty of uses where optparse would be overkill.

--Guido

On Dec 6, 2007 5:37 AM,  <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> I won't argue that getopt should be left in for Python 3, however it is
> still widely used.  I generally use it for simple tasks.  (My brain must
> have a getopt usage template in there somewhere.  I still find it much
> easier to whip out getopt usage.  I always have to consult the optparse
> docs.)  It should probably at least go on PyPI.
>
> Likewise, I suspect bsddb185 will still have some occasional uses, at least
> on BSD Unix variants.  On my Mac /etc/pwd.db and /etc/mail/*.db are 1.85
> hash files.  Maybe also a candidate for PyPI.
>
> Should the PEP acknowledge this route to module sainthood for certain
> modules?
>
> Skip
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