[Python-Dev] PEP 408 -- Standard library __preview__ package

[Michael Foord]

On 28/01/2012 13:04, Paul Moore wrote:
> On 28 January 2012 09:18, Nick Coghlan<ncoghlan at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> It's basically us saying to Python users "We're explicitly flagging
>> this PyPI module for inclusion in the next major Python release. We've
>> integrated it into our build process, test suite and binary releases,
>> so you don't even have to download it from PyPI in order to try it
>> out, you can just import it from the __preview__ namespace (although
>> you're still free to download it from PyPI if you prefer - in fact, if
>> you need to support multiple Python versions, we actively recommend
>> it!). There's still a small chance this module won't make the grade
>> and will be dropped from the standard library entirely (that's why
>> it's only a preview), but most likely it will move into the main part
>> of the standard library with full backwards compatibility guarantees
>> in the next release".
> +1.

Yep, nice way of putting it - and summing up the virtues of the 
approach. (Although I might say "most likely it will move into the main 
part of the standard library with full backwards compatibility 
guarantees in a future release".)

Michael

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