[Python-Dev] python/dist/src/Lib/test test_re.py, 1.45.6.3, 1.45.6.4 (original) (raw)

A.M. Kuchling amk at amk.ca
Thu Sep 1 13:43:37 CEST 2005

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 07:56:04PM -0400, Jim Jewett wrote:

What is the reasoning behind this?

It seems to me that if a (passing) test is being added, maintenance releases are the most important places to run them.

In this case, it's because adding the test requires importing a new module ('pre'), which in turn would require adding a warning, which would require checking that the warning didn't mess anything else up. I thought it was a bit too much upheaval for a module that no one should be using any more.

If Anthony or Guido or someone tells me to bite the bullet and make the test run, I'll do it, of course.

--amk

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