KAkardos·Aug 8, 2024
FWIW, there seems to be a less-abandoned fork here: https://github.com/jazzband/docopt-ng
I'm sticking with argparse though
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jazzband / docopt-ng
docopt-ng
Humane command line arguments parser. Now with maintenance, typehints, and complete test coverage.
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Humane command line arguments parser. Now with maintenance, typehints, and complete test coverage.
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Just FYI, the docopt package isn't updated anymore and the maintainer doesn't answer any inquiries. There are some annoying bugs one runs into when using the official docopt…
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5 sourcesThis seems very cool, but last release is from 2014, last commit is from 2018, and there are various bug fixing PR that have been waiting for years to be merged :(
What about https://github.com/jazzband/docopt-ng?
In Things I've learned about building CLI tools in PythonJust FYI, the docopt package isn't updated anymore and the maintainer doesn't answer any inquiries. There are some annoying bugs one runs into when using the official docopt package. So I recommend using docopt-ng instead: https://github.com/jazzband/docopt-ng
In DocoptGood question! One Python example is docopt. It is a very well-liked command line parsing library but haven't seen any maintainer activity in two years. https://github.com/docopt/docopt But people don't realize that so they keep filing bug reports and submitting pull requests.
There is a docopt-ng package here: https://github.com/bazaar-projects/docopt-ng But users haven't found it yet. And sadly, there is no guarantee that the new maintainer won't also lose interest and abandon the project.
Definitely not an ideal situation. Yes, you can fork but how do you get visibility? How can the developer announce to the community that he or she wants to maintain the software?
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