I feel that every release, the python team should do some soul searching and pick 5 modules to downgrade to external package(pypi) status, then pick 5 deserving external packages and elevate them to base status.

This would, for one, add a bit of churn to the standard library leading to a more healthy ecosystem. And two, give everyone a target to complain about, I mean, people are going to complain about something, might as well focus their attention.