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Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:02:55 +1000
Subject: Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Temia Eszteri <lamialily@cleverpun.com> wrote:
> On 21 Jul 2012 00:50:13 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
>>> Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and
>>> hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython.
>>>
>>> Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf.
>>
>>I don't generally click on arbitrary links to find out whether or not the
>>link is something that interests me enough to click on it.
>
> Can't really call a cheese shop link arbitrary. It's in the best place
> it could be for providing info about the package.

True, but Steven's point still stands, that announcements of this
nature are far more readable when they open with a one-sentence
statement of what the package _is_.

ChrisA