[Python-Dev] 2.3.5 schedule, and something I'd like to get in (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Jan 5 23:19:40 CET 2005

Michael Hudson wrote:

Martin, can you please believe that Jack, Bob, Ronald et al know what they are talking about here?

I find that really hard to believe, because it contradicts to what I think Apple wants me to believe. I'm willing to follow a series of statements that I can confirm to be facts somehow (e.g. "As TechNote XY says, OSX has a bug in that it loads the Current version at run-time, no matter what version the binary says should be used"). I'm not really willing to believe a statement without any kind of proof - regardless who made that statement. "Read the mailing lists" is no proof.

If I was to accept anything said without doubt, Jack would not have needed to post his message in the first place - he expressed his opinion that he believed the changes to be appropriate. It was his doubt that triggered mine. I am not going to interfere with the changes -- it's just that I want to understand them.

Kind regards, Martin

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