[Python-Dev] folding cElementTree behind ElementTree in 3.3

[Eli Bendersky]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:36, Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 08:37, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
>> I didn't get a response from him to my e-mails since early 2010. Maybe
>> others have more luck if they try, but I don't have the impression that
>> waiting another two years gets us anywhere interesting.
>>
>> Given that it was two months ago that I started the "Fixing the XML
>> batteries" thread (and years since I brought up the topic for the first
>> time), it seems to be hard enough already to get anyone on python-dev
>> actually do something for Python's XML support, instead of just actively
>> discouraging those who invest time and work into it.
>
> I concur. It's important that we consider Fredrik's ownership of the
> modules, but if he fails to reply to email and doesn't update his
> repositories, there should be enough cause for python-dev to go on and
> appropriate the stdlib versions of those modules.
>

+1.

That said, I think that the particular change discussed in this thread
can be made anyway, since it doesn't really modify ET's APIs or
functionality, just the way it gets imported from stdlib.

Eli