[Python-Dev] decimal module portability to 2.3? (original) (raw)

Brett C. bac at OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Fri Aug 20 00🔞43 CEST 2004

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

Batista, Facundo wrote:

Could decimal be backported to 2.3 and be included in some 2.3.5? Don't know if this behaviour is common to Python. [Brett] That can't be done. That would introduce new features in a bug release which is a big no-no. Right. Though keeping it 2.3 compatible means people can download it as a standalone module just like any other third-party module. This worked out well for sets.py which I've made 2.2 compatible. By keeping decimal 2.3 compatible, folks can make periodic downloads to take advantage of bug fixes and efforts to keep it in sync with the on-going evolution of the spec.

Right, but you stated in another email you don't want to make it explicit by declaring it in PEP 291 so that is only true at the moment and could go away. At which point people would need an easy way to get a hold of an older version before compatibility is broken unless the sandbox version is kept around and bugfixed on occasion like datetime.

-Brett

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