Restify PEP 206 (#144)
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Author: A.M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
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Status: Withdrawn
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Type: Informational
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Content-Type: text/x-rst
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Created:
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Post-History:
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Introduction
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============
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This PEP describes the Python Advanced Library, a collection of
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high-quality and frequently-used third party extension modules.
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This PEP describes the Python Advanced Library, a collection of
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high-quality and frequently-used third party extension modules.
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Batteries Included Philosophy
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=============================
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The Python source distribution has long maintained the philosophy
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of "batteries included" -- having a rich and versatile standard
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library which is immediately available, without making the user
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download separate packages. This gives the Python language a head
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start in many projects.
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The Python source distribution has long maintained the philosophy
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of "batteries included" -- having a rich and versatile standard
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library which is immediately available, without making the user
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download separate packages. This gives the Python language a head
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start in many projects.
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However, the standard library modules aren't always the best
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choices for a job. Some library modules were quick hacks
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(e.g. calendar, commands), some were designed poorly and are now
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near-impossible to fix (cgi), and some have been rendered obsolete
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by other, more complete modules (binascii offers the same features
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as the binhex, uu, base64 modules). This PEP describes a list of
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third-party modules that make Python more competitive for various
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application domains, forming the Python Advanced Library.
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However, the standard library modules aren't always the best
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choices for a job. Some library modules were quick hacks
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(e.g. calendar, commands), some were designed poorly and are now
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near-impossible to fix (cgi), and some have been rendered obsolete
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by other, more complete modules (binascii offers the same features
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as the binhex, uu, base64 modules). This PEP describes a list of
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third-party modules that make Python more competitive for various
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application domains, forming the Python Advanced Library.
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The deliverable is a set of scripts that will retrieve, build, and
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install the packages for a particular application domain. The
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Python Package Index now contains enough information to let
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software automatically find packages and download them, so the
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time is ripe to implement this.
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Currently this document doesn't suggest *removing* modules from
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the standard library that are superseded by a third-party module.
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That's difficult to do because it entails many backward-compatibility
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problems, so it's not worth bothering with now.
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The deliverable is a set of scripts that will retrieve, build, and
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install the packages for a particular application domain. The
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Python Package Index now contains enough information to let
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software automatically find packages and download them, so the
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time is ripe to implement this.
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Please suggest additional domains of interest.
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Currently this document doesn't suggest *removing* modules from
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the standard library that are superseded by a third-party module.
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That's difficult to do because it entails many backward-compatibility
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problems, so it's not worth bothering with now.
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Please suggest additional domains of interest.
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Domain: Web tasks
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=================
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XML parsing: ElementTree + SAX.
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XML parsing: ElementTree + SAX.
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URL retrieval: libcurl? other possibilities?
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URL retrieval: libcurl? other possibilities?
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HTML parsing: mxTidy? HTMLParser?
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HTML parsing: mxTidy? HTMLParser?
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Async network I/O: Twisted
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Async network I/O: Twisted
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RDF parser: ???
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RDF parser: ???
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HTTP serving: ???
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HTTP serving: ???
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HTTP cookie processing: ???
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HTTP cookie processing: ???
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Web framework: A WSGI gateway, perhaps? Paste?
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Web framework: A WSGI gateway, perhaps? Paste?
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Graphics: PIL, Chaco.
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Graphics: PIL, Chaco.
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Domain: Scientific Programming
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==============================
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Numeric: Numeric, SciPy
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Numeric: Numeric, SciPy
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Graphics: PIL, Chaco.
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Graphics: PIL, Chaco.
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Domain: Application Development
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===============================
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GUI toolkit: ???
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GUI toolkit: ???
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Graphics: Reportlab for PDF generation.
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Graphics: Reportlab for PDF generation.
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Domain: Education
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=================
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Graphics: PyGame
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Graphics: PyGame
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Software covered by the GNU General Public License
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==================================================
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Some of these third-party modules are covered by the GNU General
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Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License.
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Providing a script to download and install such packages, or even
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assembling all these packages into a single tarball or CD-ROM,
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shouldn't cause any difficulties with the GPL, under the "mere
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aggregation" clause of the license.
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Some of these third-party modules are covered by the GNU General
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Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License.
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Providing a script to download and install such packages, or even
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assembling all these packages into a single tarball or CD-ROM,
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shouldn't cause any difficulties with the GPL, under the "mere
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aggregation" clause of the license.
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Open Issues
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What other application domains are important?
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What other application domains are important?
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Should this just be a set of Ubuntu or Debian packages? Compiling
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things such as PyGame can be very complicated and may be too
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difficult to automate.
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Should this just be a set of Ubuntu or Debian packages? Compiling
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things such as PyGame can be very complicated and may be too
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difficult to automate.
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Acknowledgements
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The PEP is based on an earlier draft PEP by Moshe Zadka, titled
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"2.0 Batteries Included."
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The PEP is based on an earlier draft PEP by Moshe Zadka, titled
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"2.0 Batteries Included."
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