why isn't Requests included natively with python?

[4evermaat]

I was curious with all of the heavy usage of Requests module, why isn't it just included as a standard python module? Why does the user have to install it?

What does python expect the user to use instead?

[gnahckire]

urllib.request is in the stdlib.

While you can use that instead of requests, many prefer requests interfaces to urllib.

[ghost]

Kenneth's original reasoning for this is "The stdlib is where things go to die". However, he did propose adding it to the stdlib here

[4evermaat]

urllib.request is in the stdlib.

While you can use that instead of requests, many prefer requests interfaces to urllib.

Kenneth's original reasoning for this is "The stdlib is where things go to die". However, he did propose adding it to the stdlib here

Ok. I understand more completely now. And it does make sense now. I didn't realize there was so much politics in getting a module included in the stdlib and the potential loss of control over updates/features.