> What about when the next guy comes with his alternative APIs for option parsing and email along with a new standard for templates? Should they include them, too?
If they improve the consistency of the language, sure. Keep the old APIs for a bit with a deprecation warning. Python 3 makes good breakpoint to do this too, as though released, it's still not used for most projects - the core team are making similar post-3.0 changes themselves.
If they improve the consistency of the language, sure. Keep the old APIs for a bit with a deprecation warning. Python 3 makes good breakpoint to do this too, as though released, it's still not used for most projects - the core team are making similar post-3.0 changes themselves.