[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:15:06 -0400

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

Part of the problem is implementation details (i.e. avoiding the use of Python 2.2 features in standalone, but not in the Python cvs tree). Part of it is due to the nature of distutils package layout (i.e. you need to put setup.py, README, etc. someplace, and distutils seems to strongly discourage it being in th epackage). Part of it's also that I feel I have more leeway to change things in the standalone package. But at some point it will stop making sense to distribute a separate package.

Hrm. But until it's no longer a separate package, why use 2.2-specific features in the builtin package?

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