[Python-Dev] backported Enum (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Sun Jun 16 07:52:33 CEST 2013

Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> writes:

On Jun 15, 2013, at 10:45 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Is there anything I can do to keep the ‘enum’ package online for > continuity but make it clear, to automated tools, that this is > end-of-life and obsoleted by another package?

Right now the best you can do is make a note of it. Pep 426 let's you do what you want.

Thanks. What specifically in PEP 426 do you mean; how would I make a note of “this package is end-of-life as is, please migrate to ‘flufl.enum’ instead” using PEP 426 metadata?

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