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| author | Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com> | 2012-12-23 02:25:59 -0500 |
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| committer | Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com> | 2012-12-23 02:25:59 -0500 |
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diff --git a/docs/dev/philosophy.rst b/docs/dev/philosophy.rst index a7402218..1fbd9c6c 100644 --- a/docs/dev/philosophy.rst +++ b/docs/dev/philosophy.rst @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Development Philosophy Requests is an open but opinionated library, created by an open but opinionated developer. -Benevolent Dictator for Life -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Benevolent Dictator +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `Kenneth Reitz <http://kennethreitz.org>`_ is the BDFL. He has final say in any decision related to Requests. @@ -22,4 +22,20 @@ Semantic Versioning For many years, the open source community has been plagued with version number dystonia. Numbers vary so greatly from project to project, they are practically meaningless. -Requests uses `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org>`_. This specification seeks to put an end to this madness with a small set of practical guidelines for you and your colleagues to use in your next project.
\ No newline at end of file +Requests uses `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org>`_. This specification seeks to put an end to this madness with a small set of practical guidelines for you and your colleagues to use in your next project. + +Standard Library? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Requests has no *active* plans to be included in the standard library. This decision has been discussed at length with Guido as well as numerous core developers. + +Essentially, the standard library is where a library goes to die. It is appropriate for a module to be included when active development is no longer necessary. + +Requests just reached v1.0.0. This huge milestone marks a major step in the right direction. + +Linux Distro Packages +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Distributions for Requests have been made for many Linux distributions, including: Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, and Arch. + +These distributions are often aggressive forks. They are discouraged and not supported.
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