Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'url:pypi': 0.03; 'expressions': 0.07; 'subject:adding': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:library': 0.09; 'subject:module': 0.09; 'library': 0.15; 'fuzzy': 0.16; 'happily': 0.16; 'made,': 0.16; 'maintainer': 0.16; 'message-id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'stumbling': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'subject:request': 0.17; 'module': 0.19; 'code.': 0.20; 'sort': 0.21; 'germany': 0.21; "i'd": 0.22; "python's": 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'library.': 0.27; 'module.': 0.27; 'replace': 0.27; 'regular': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'efficiently': 0.29; 'initiating': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'knows': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.32; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.32; 'anyone': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'hi,': 0.33; 'project': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'exist': 0.35; 'so,': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'being': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'university': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'several': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'easily': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'personally': 0.61; 'procedure': 0.61; 'stand': 0.61; 'future.': 0.62; 'contact': 0.68; 'rwth': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:03:51 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-146-13-12.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120807-0, 07/08/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1344348114 news.xs4all.nl 6940 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60394 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26708 On 07/08/2012 11:13, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to request adding the module > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/regex > > to Python's standard library in the (near) future or to even replace the > current 're' module by it. > > Personally I'm in need for fuzzy regular expressions and I don't see how > to do this easily and efficiently without this module. > > For a long term project I also need some "guarantee" that this > functionality will exist in future. > > So, is there a (formal) procedure for such a request or for initiating > some sort of vote on it? > > I know there is a "Benevolent Dictator" for Python. > Should I try to contact him personally? > > Many thanks for a hint, > > Helmut Jarausch > > RWTH Aachen University > Germany > My understanding is that the main stumbling block is there's no one committed to being the maintainer of the code. If that commitment is not made, and I belive it's required to be several (10?) years, then the code may never get into the standard library. I'll happily stand corrected if anyone knows any better. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.