[Python-Dev] collections.sortedtree

Maciej Fijalkowski fijall at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 10:10:52 CET 2014


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 March 2014 08:16, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> And random pieces of C included in the standard library can be
>> shuffled under the carpet under the disguise of upgrade or what are
>> you suggesting?
>
> The sort of thing that happens is that the relevant approvers will
> accept python-dev as a "trusted supplier" and then Python upgrades are
> acceptable subject to review of the changes, etc. For a new module,
> there is a whole other level of questions around how do we trust the
> person who developed the code, do we need to do a full code review,
> etc?
>
> It's a bit unfair to describe the process as "random pieces of C"
> being "shuffled under the carpet". (Although there probably are
> environments where that is uncomfortably close to the truth :-()
>
> Paul

I just find "my company is stupid so let's work around it by putting
stuff to python standard library" unacceptable argument for python-dev
and all the python community.


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