ElementTree - Why not part of the core?

[Fuzzyman]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
>
> > > ElementTree on the other hand provides incredibly easy access to XML
> > > elements and works in a more Pythonic way.  Why has the API not been
> > > included in the Python core?
> >
> > While I fully agree that ElementTree is far more Pythonic than the
> > dom-based stuff in the core, this issue has been discussed on
> > python-dev[1].  Fredrik Lundh's response:
> >
> >      shipping stable versions of ElementTree/cElementTree (or PIL, or
> >      python-doc, or exemaker, or what else you might find useful) with
> >      official Python releases is perfectly okay.
> >
> >      moving the main trunk and main development over to the Python CVS is
> >      another thing, entirely.
> >
> > I think some people were hoping that instead of adding these things to
> > the standard library, we would come up with a better package manager
> > that would make adding these things to your local library much simpler.
>
> I still hope that the standard distribution will, in a not too distant future,
> bundle more external libraries.  as things are today, "including something
> in the core" means that you have to transfer code and rights to the PSF.
>
> as I've said many times, if the Linux folks can build distributions that con-
> sists of thousands of individually maintained pieces, the Python distributors
> should be able to handle a few dozen components.
>

I'd like to add my vote in favour of this.

There are a few popular extensions that most users would like easy
access to. PIL and ElementTree both fall into this category.

Thanks

Fuzzyman
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