[Python-Dev] trace.py and the obscurity of Tools/scripts/ (was: Unittest list) (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
11 Apr 2002 17:58:06 +0100

Zooko <zooko@zooko.com> writes:

Since even python-dev'ers find ancient copies of trace.py on ftp sites before they find the one in the Tools/scripts/ directory, and since the debian package of Python 2.2 comes without a Tools/scripts/ directory at all, I conclude that the Tools/scripts/ directory it isn't doing its job very well. I suggest it either be killed or fixed. I'm not sure how to do the latter -- link to it from the doc pages?

Kill it and I'll be after you with an axe. Admittedly there's a lot of cruft that should be removed, rewritten or reorganised, but there's some mighty useful stuff there too (eg. logmerge.py). I don't see why I should suffer just because other people don't know where to look...

Cheers, M.

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