[Web-SIG] Removal of Cookie in Python 3.0 OK?

Stephan Richter srichter at cosmos.phy.tufts.edu
Tue Feb 5 02:07:41 CET 2008


On Monday 04 February 2008, Jim Fulton wrote:
> Breeds are constantly evolving.  I don't think it's realistic for the  
> standard library to try to keep up.  I also don't think it's a very  
> good idea for language maintainers to make judgements about what's  
> best in various application areas.
>
> I have the impression that there's this fairly large effort for people  
> to redo lots of the standard library for Python 3, without necessarily  
> knowing a lot about the libraries' histories, and motivation. I;m  
> skeptical that this is going to lead to a high-quality product.
>
> I'd much rather see language developers put some focus on making a low-
> level feature like a packaging system work as well as possible.

Amen to that. :-)

Regards,
Stephan
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