[pandatigox]

I don't see what the big deal is. These people are spending their own time making libraries, and not using up your time. Are you to judge how people should make use of their time?

Second, I think it's great that people are making alternatives - it promotes a healthier ecosystem where people can share good ideas as well.

> instead of fixing and patching the existings Finally, by your logic, the popular requests library shouldn't have existed and Kenneth would have been patching the more conventional urllib library

[Walkman]

> Are you to judge how people should make use of their time?

This library did not born because of fun, but because of solving a (non-existing) problem from frustration. I would have not said one word if he was doing this for fun or just learning or something like that.

[pandatigox]

What defines a problem as non-existing/existing? It's very subjective. While it may not be for you, the author definitely saw an issue that needed to be fixed.

Again, I'm using the example of requests: was Kennethwrong to implement something new when there was already a standard lib?