[Python-Dev] Bug/feature/patch policy for optparse.py (original) (raw)

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:57:29 -0400

[Raymond, I'm assuming you did not mean to send your reply to me privately, so I'm cc'ing python-dev!]

On 21 April 2003, Raymond Hettinger said:

Why is it important to keep two separate implementations? Also, if you have to have two, why not have the python cvs as the primary (to the remove the restriction, to take advantage of the snake farm, to let third party users have a single place to file a bug report, to have more developer eyes and fingers to work a problem, etc)?

Hmmm, good question. Probably it's mostly for ego gratification -- one of my SF projects was above the 50th percentile in activity last week, just because of my flurry of checkins on Sunday! ;->

But seriously: if people using Python < 2.3 are to be able to use Optik (aka optparse), then there needs to be somewhere for the setup script, tarball etc. to live. optik.sourceforge.net is as good a place as any. Perhaps in due course, the code in Lib/optparse.py (and Lib/test/test_optparse.py) will become the definitive copy, but for now it's not.

    Greg

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