“Python's batteries are leaking”
The Python standard library has been a huge help for me. Evaluating which third party packages to trust and handling updates is a hassle. (Would love a solution for this. Does anyone have a curated version of PyPI?) I’m surprised that people want to slim it down other than for performance on a more constrained system.<p>As an aside, why doesn’t the Python standard library extend/replace features with code from successful packages like Requests? Tried it and it didn’t work? Too much bloat? Already got too much on the to-do list?