gh-126562: Create package from shutil

[StanFromIreland]

Based on the existing zipfile cli implementation, work in progress.

The question is, what functionality do we add to the cli?

"copyfileobj",
"copyfile",
"copymode",
"copystat",
"copy",
"copy2",
"copytree",
"move",
rmtree",
"Error",
"SpecialFileError",
"make_archive",
"get_archive_formats",
"register_archive_format",
"unregister_archive_format",
"get_unpack_formats",
"register_unpack_format",
"unregister_unpack_format",
"unpack_archive",
"ignore_patterns",
"chown",
"which",
"get_terminal_size",
"SameFileError"

Feedback would be appreciated :-)

• Issue: Turn shutil into a runnable module #126562

[StanFromIreland]

@picnixz what do you think? Should all of the functionality be available from the CLI? Is this even the right approach?

[AA-Turner]

Hi, please gather more consensus on DPO before opening a PR.

A

[StanFromIreland]

Hi Adam,

You may not have noticed, but the DPO got nowhere, like most discussions there. A week of discussion and then it is forgotten - with no consensus in sight. This is largely due to the fact core devs, like yourself, do not participate.

For this reason I drafted a minimal implementation like Benedkit had suggested, and which I agree with, and is consistent with the existing implementation of zipfiles cli. I think a reference implementation (This PR is a draft) may steer the discussion (bring it back from the grave) in the right direction.

[StanFromIreland]

Also @jaraco may be interested

[ZeroIntensity]

This is largely due to the fact core devs, like yourself, do not participate.

DPO can be messy, I wouldn't put blame on anyone (especially core devs) for avoiding the ideas section.

I agree with the DO-NOT-MERGE here, but I do want to say thanks for opening the PR--it's nice to have a reference implementation when pursuing an idea, rather than the usual speculation on Discourse. I'd go back to the thread now and mention this.

[vstinner]

I don't think that a command line interface (CLI) for shutil is a good idea. The scope of this module is too broad.

You can maintain your own CLI on PyPI if you consider it useful to you.

[StanFromIreland]

@vstinner will you close the issue then? A note on the thread would probably also be a good idea

[vstinner]

I close this PR since its issue was closed: #126562