[Python-ideas] Moving development out of the standard library

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:35:16 -0500
Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> 
> I think there is a general consensus that functionality should not be tied
> to a Python release, but the results are ad hoc.

I disagree with this. Tying new functionality to a Python release
vastly simplifies dependency management (instead of having to track the
versions of N external libraries, sometimes with inter-dependencies).

> (Most specifically without serious
> thought about this development process I am pessimistic about an
> orderly or positive inclusion of distutils2 in packaging workflows.)

Without any discussion of specifics, I find it hard to understand what
you are concerned about.