[Python-Dev] collections.sortedtree

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Mar 27 16:37:34 CET 2014


Surely you can show empathy and still explain why it's not that easy.
On Mar 27, 2014 2:11 AM, "Maciej Fijalkowski" <fijall at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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