Add Externally Maintained Packages PEP (PEP 360).

pep-0000.txt

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Index by Category
  I   333  Python Web Server Gateway Interface v1.0     Eby
  I   339  Design of the CPython Compiler               Cannon
  I   356  Python 2.5 Release Schedule                  Norwitz, et al
+ I   360  Externally Maintained Packages               Cannon
  I  3100  Python 3.0 Plans                             Kuchling, Cannon
 
  Accepted PEPs (accepted; may not be implemented yet)
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ Numerical Index
  SF  357  Allowing Any Object to be Used for Slicing   Oliphant
  S   358  The "bytes" Object                           Schemenauer
  SW  359  The "make" Statement                         Bethard
+ I   360  Externally Maintained Packages               Cannon
  SR  666  Reject Foolish Indentation                   Creighton
  S   754  IEEE 754 Floating Point Special Values       Warnes
  P  3000  Python 3000                                  GvR

pep-0360.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+PEP: 360
+Title: Externally Maintained Packages
+Version: $Revision$
+Last-Modified: $Date$
+Author: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
+Status: Active
+Type: Informational
+Content-Type: text/x-rst
+Created: 30-May-2006
+
+
+Abstract
+========
+
+There are many great pieces of Python software developed outside of
+the Python standard library (aka, stdlib).  Sometimes it makes sense
+to incorporate these externally maintained packages into the stdlib in
+order to fill a gap in the tools provided by Python.
+
+But by having the packages maintained externally it means Python's
+developers do not have direct control over the packages' evolution and
+maintenance.  Some package developers prefer to have bug reports and
+patches go through them first instead of being directly applied to
+Python's repository.
+
+This PEP is meant to record details of packages in the stdlib that are
+maintained outside of Python's repository.  Specifically, it is meant
+to keep track of any specific maintenance needs for each package.  It
+also is meant to allow people to know which version of a package is
+released with which version of Python.
+
+
+Externally Maintained Packages
+==============================
+
+The section title is the name of the package as known outside of the
+Python standard library.  The "standard library name" is what the
+package is named within Python.  The "contact person" is the Python
+developer in charge of maintaining the package.  The
+"synchronisation history" lists what external version of the package
+was included in each version of Python (if different from the previous
+Python release).
+
+
+ctypes
+------
+- Web page
+    http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/
+- Standard library name
+    ctypes
+- Contact person
+    Thomas Heller
+- Synchronisation history
+    * 0.9.9.6 (2.5)
+
+Bugs can be reported to either the Python tracker [#python-tracker]_
+or the ctypes tracker [#ctypes-tracker]_ and assigned to
+Thomas Heller.
+
+
+ElementTree
+-----------
+- Web page
+    http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm
+- Standard library name
+    xml.etree
+- Contact person
+    Fredrik Lundh
+- Synchronisation history
+    * 1.2.6 [ElementTree] / 1.0.5 [cElementTree] (2.5)
+
+Patches should not be directly applied to Python HEAD, but instead
+reported to the Python tracker [#python-tracker]_ (critical bug fixes
+are the exception).  Bugs should also be reported to the Python
+tracker.  Both bugs and patches should be assigned to Fredrik Lundh.
+
+
+Expat XML parser
+----------------
+- Web page
+    http://www.libexpat.org/
+- Standard library name
+    N/A (this refers to the parser itself, and not the Python
+    bindings)
+- Contact person
+    None
+- Synchronisation history
+    * 1.95.8 (2.4)
+    * 1.95.7 (2.3)
+
+
+Optik
+-----
+- Web site
+    http://optik.sourceforge.net/
+- Standard library name
+    optparse
+- Contact person
+    Greg Ward
+- Synchronisation history
+    * 1.5.1 (2.5)
+    * 1.5a1 (2.4)
+    * 1.4   (2.3)
+
+
+pysqlite
+--------
+- Web site
+    http://www.sqlite.org/
+- Standard library name
+    sqlite3
+- Contact person
+    Gerhard Häring
+- Synchronisation history
+    * 2.2.2 (2.5)
+
+Bugs should be reported to the pysqlite bug
+tracker [#pysqlite-tracker]_ as well as any patches that are not
+deemed critical.
+
+
+References
+==========
+
+.. [#python-tracker] Python tracker
+   (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470)
+
+.. [#ctypes-tracker] ctypes tracker
+   (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=71702)
+
+.. [#pysqlite-tracker] pysqlite tracker
+   (http://pysqlite.org/)
+
+
+Copyright
+=========
+
+This document has been placed in the public domain.
+
+
+
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