Making wxPython a standard module?

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Jun 12 19:17:50 EDT 2008


> Just out of curiosity, what are the chances of this happening (sort of like 
> what happened with sqlite)?

As a starting point, the author(s) of wxPython would need to contribute
it to Python (and then also give the PSF the permission to relicense
it). If no such contribution is made, chances are zero. Somebody else
contributing it in place of the authors is not acceptable - that
somebody likely doesn't have the right to grant the proper license to
the PSF, and it would also meant that the in-core version of wxPython
forked from the official version, which would be unacceptable.

In addition, a group of people (not necessarily the authors) would have
to offer maintaining the in-core copy of wxPython, in the sense of
keeping it synchronized with the stand-alone release, resolving bug
reports related to the library (in particular wrt. portability), and
so on. Again, with nobody offering maintenance, chances are again zero.

For sqlite, both conditions were met, so it could be integrated.

HTH,
Martin



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