mxTools (was Re: why no "do : until"?)

[Robin Becker]

In article <mailman.979035250.28265.python-list at python.org>, Oleg
Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> writes
>On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Alex Martelli wrote:
>> ...which reminds me: why no PEPs about adding to Python's core some
>> of the nicest ideas in Lemburg's neat mxTools...?  I assume there must
>> be a reason (e.g., Guido must already have seen them all and decided
>> they don't belong in the core, or something), but I'd like to know...
>
>   Anyone here has any doubts that at least mxDateTime simply MUST be in
>the Python core? :)
>

I'm a minimalist; let 100 flowers bloom, but the core should really only
include the minimal required. Fancy dates are a bit too far for me. I
like them, but would prefer such exotica to stay outside the main
distribution. Same goes for a lot of other stuff eg idle tkinter etc
etc. I reckon a lot of the desire for core growth would reduce if there
were a CPAN like scheme for Python.
-- 
Robin Becker