[Python-Dev] Dropping init.py requirement for subpackages (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Apr 27 05:48:02 CEST 2006

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote:

Which is why I said earlier that I felt disappointed that we can't change anything any more.

I've been here since Python 1.5.1. I don't understand why this issue in particular makes you feel disappointed. I also think your statement is just plain untrue. Looking at the What's New for Python 2.5, we have changes to the import machinery, the with statement, new functionality for generators, conditional expressions, ssize_t, exceptions as new-style classes, deleted modules (regex, regsub, and whrandom), and on and on and on. Some of these changes are going to cause moderate breakage for some people; they cumulatively represent a lot of change. Python 2.5 is gonna be a huge release.

Quite honestly, I think you've let yourself get emotionally attached to this issue for some reason. On the other hand, I think that a lot of the blowback you got comes from you bringing up this issue right before 2.5a2. My suggestion is that you let this sit and make yourself a calendar entry to think about this again in October. If it still seems like a good idea, go ahead and bring it up. (Or just punt to 3.0.)

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