kenneth_reitz

Thanks for the feedback, integrated w3lib!

<base> tag is now implemented as well. Thanks for bringing that to my attention — I wasn't aware of it!

I addressed most of your issues, like not using urlparse in the latest release.

With libraries like these, it's all about getting the API right first, them optimizing for perfection second. :)

GPL dependency removed.

All of these improvements I'd like to be made to the software. It's all about getting a nice API in place first, then making it perfect second.

I consider it a nice-to-have, but we can definitely remove it if deemed unnecessary. Want to open an issue about it?

updated :)

Looks like there's still some room for improvement though!

That bug has been fixed, but the docs hadn't been. Fixed now :)

It wasn't at first, actually. It was originally a wrapper around urllib2 — Andrey and I collabed early on in both project's histories to make them what they are today.

Very different use cases, imo. MechanicalSoup emulates a web browser experience. This is more for scraping.