Re: bring back nntp library to python3

On 14/08/2024 23:32, Left Right via Python-list wrote:

it became simple and straightforward to
download and install packages.

 
I think the right word for this is "delusional".

I agree. But even if it worked it doesn't alter the fact
that by not having batteries included it puts the onus on
developers to build complex installs since their clients
can't be expected to use pip etc. And a vanilla python
no longer comes with the batteries. It greatly adds to
the Python users workload even as it lightens the library
maintainers load.

It was certainly one of the main reasons I adopted python
rather than perl. But thankfully I'm retired now so it's
somebody else's problem.

But hey, this is just letting off steam.  Nobody cares.

Lots of people care but the ability to influence these
decisions seems to have been removed far from the
general python user community. Python has moved from
the BDFL/Bazaar to the Committee/Cathedral. Probably
an inevitable consequence of its current "popularity".

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