[Python-Dev] PEP 360 has outdated contents

[Brett Cannon]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 14:48, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> PEP 360 - “Externally Maintained Packages” seems to have outdated
> contents.
> First of all, I don't think Optik and wsgiref are externally
> maintained anymore (both seem unmaintained by their original authors).
>

Added a note.


> Second, the version numbers mentioned there could be out of date too
> (especially for ElementTree whose stdlib copy has recently been bumped
> by Florent).
>

I ripped out the sync dates since keeping them up is just a pain.


> Third, it seems json should be added to the list, despite the prominent
> warning at the beginning that:
>
> “No new modules are to be added to this PEP. It has been deemed
> dangerous to codify external maintenance of any code checked into
> Python's code repository. Code contributers should expect Python's
> development methodology to be used for any and all code checked into
> Python's code repository.”
>
>
The PEP lists external maintenance that we agreed to. Bob isn't supposed to
be maintaining json outside of the stdlib, so I am not going to add it.
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