From a6f1efa5ff64390cae9d9de6b8c8e66df65ac7fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mariatta Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:49:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Restify PEP 206 (#144) --- pep-0206.txt | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-0206.txt b/pep-0206.txt index 28408ec84..08fdfed95 100644 --- a/pep-0206.txt +++ b/pep-0206.txt @@ -5,112 +5,124 @@ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: A.M. Kuchling Status: Withdrawn Type: Informational +Content-Type: text/x-rst Created: Post-History: Introduction +============ + +This PEP describes the Python Advanced Library, a collection of +high-quality and frequently-used third party extension modules. - This PEP describes the Python Advanced Library, a collection of - high-quality and frequently-used third party extension modules. Batteries Included Philosophy +============================= - The Python source distribution has long maintained the philosophy - of "batteries included" -- having a rich and versatile standard - library which is immediately available, without making the user - download separate packages. This gives the Python language a head - start in many projects. +The Python source distribution has long maintained the philosophy +of "batteries included" -- having a rich and versatile standard +library which is immediately available, without making the user +download separate packages. This gives the Python language a head +start in many projects. - However, the standard library modules aren't always the best - choices for a job. Some library modules were quick hacks - (e.g. calendar, commands), some were designed poorly and are now - near-impossible to fix (cgi), and some have been rendered obsolete - by other, more complete modules (binascii offers the same features - as the binhex, uu, base64 modules). This PEP describes a list of - third-party modules that make Python more competitive for various - application domains, forming the Python Advanced Library. +However, the standard library modules aren't always the best +choices for a job. Some library modules were quick hacks +(e.g. calendar, commands), some were designed poorly and are now +near-impossible to fix (cgi), and some have been rendered obsolete +by other, more complete modules (binascii offers the same features +as the binhex, uu, base64 modules). This PEP describes a list of +third-party modules that make Python more competitive for various +application domains, forming the Python Advanced Library. - The deliverable is a set of scripts that will retrieve, build, and - install the packages for a particular application domain. The - Python Package Index now contains enough information to let - software automatically find packages and download them, so the - time is ripe to implement this. - - Currently this document doesn't suggest *removing* modules from - the standard library that are superseded by a third-party module. - That's difficult to do because it entails many backward-compatibility - problems, so it's not worth bothering with now. +The deliverable is a set of scripts that will retrieve, build, and +install the packages for a particular application domain. The +Python Package Index now contains enough information to let +software automatically find packages and download them, so the +time is ripe to implement this. - Please suggest additional domains of interest. +Currently this document doesn't suggest *removing* modules from +the standard library that are superseded by a third-party module. +That's difficult to do because it entails many backward-compatibility +problems, so it's not worth bothering with now. + +Please suggest additional domains of interest. Domain: Web tasks +================= - XML parsing: ElementTree + SAX. +XML parsing: ElementTree + SAX. - URL retrieval: libcurl? other possibilities? +URL retrieval: libcurl? other possibilities? - HTML parsing: mxTidy? HTMLParser? +HTML parsing: mxTidy? HTMLParser? - Async network I/O: Twisted +Async network I/O: Twisted - RDF parser: ??? +RDF parser: ??? - HTTP serving: ??? +HTTP serving: ??? - HTTP cookie processing: ??? +HTTP cookie processing: ??? - Web framework: A WSGI gateway, perhaps? Paste? +Web framework: A WSGI gateway, perhaps? Paste? - Graphics: PIL, Chaco. +Graphics: PIL, Chaco. Domain: Scientific Programming +============================== - Numeric: Numeric, SciPy +Numeric: Numeric, SciPy - Graphics: PIL, Chaco. +Graphics: PIL, Chaco. Domain: Application Development +=============================== - GUI toolkit: ??? +GUI toolkit: ??? - Graphics: Reportlab for PDF generation. +Graphics: Reportlab for PDF generation. Domain: Education +================= - Graphics: PyGame +Graphics: PyGame Software covered by the GNU General Public License +================================================== + +Some of these third-party modules are covered by the GNU General +Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License. +Providing a script to download and install such packages, or even +assembling all these packages into a single tarball or CD-ROM, +shouldn't cause any difficulties with the GPL, under the "mere +aggregation" clause of the license. - Some of these third-party modules are covered by the GNU General - Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License. - Providing a script to download and install such packages, or even - assembling all these packages into a single tarball or CD-ROM, - shouldn't cause any difficulties with the GPL, under the "mere - aggregation" clause of the license. - Open Issues +=========== - What other application domains are important? +What other application domains are important? - Should this just be a set of Ubuntu or Debian packages? Compiling - things such as PyGame can be very complicated and may be too - difficult to automate. +Should this just be a set of Ubuntu or Debian packages? Compiling +things such as PyGame can be very complicated and may be too +difficult to automate. Acknowledgements - - The PEP is based on an earlier draft PEP by Moshe Zadka, titled - "2.0 Batteries Included." +================ + +The PEP is based on an earlier draft PEP by Moshe Zadka, titled +"2.0 Batteries Included." -Local Variables: -mode: indented-text -indent-tabs-mode: nil -End: +.. + Local Variables: + mode: indented-text + indent-tabs-mode: nil + End: