guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg phillip asked give opinion pkg_resources pep pep short sweet pkg_resources module huge 1800 nonblank lines 16 classes plus 5 exceptions exports 67 names total according __all__ pkg_resourcestxt another 1700 lines documentation find hard swallow anyone besides phillip claim understands module inclusion really meant bootstrap simplify installing package management solutions pep claims would prefer see something much smaller footprint surely need example support c extensions inside zip files part bootstrap module unless find someone besides phillip interested included willing help maintain dont really think would wise accept standard library phillip pep mention several package management tools also like use pkg_resources maybe get folks tools speak explain pkg_resources means maybe even volunteer coown standard library guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 062546 0500 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module