[Python-Dev] Adding library modules to the core

[Moshe Zadka]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Thomas Wouters wrote:

> > PIL,
> 
> +0. The main reason I don't compile PIL myself is because it's such a hassle
> to do it each time, so I think adding it would be nice. However, I'm not
> sure if it's doable to add, whether it would present a lot of problems for
> 'strange' platforms and the like.
> 
> > and Vladimir's shared-memory module.
> 
> +1. Fits very nicely with the mmapmodule, even if it's supported on less
> platforms.
> 
> But perhaps all this falls in the 'batteries included' PEP ? Or perhaps a
> new PEP, 'enriching the Standard Library' ?

PIL is definitely in the 206 PEP. The others are not yet there. Please
note that a central database of "useful modules" which are in distutils'
.tar.gz (or maybe .zip, now that Python has zipfile.py") + a simple tool
to download and install. The main reason for the "batteries included" 
PEP is reliance on external libraries, which do not mesh as well with
the distutils.

expect-a-change-of-direction-in-the-pep-ly y'rs, Z.
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