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

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Apr 27 11:30:49 CEST 2006

Guido van Rossum wrote:

So I have a very simple proposal: keep the init.py requirement for top-level pacakages, but drop it for subpackages. This should be a small change. I'm hesitant to propose anything new for Python 2.5, so I'm proposing it for 2.6; if Neal and Anthony think this would be okay to add to 2.5, they can do so.

I'm going to skip the discussion thread (or is it a flame war? cannot tell from the thread pattern), but here are my votes:

+0 on dropping the requirement for subpackages in 2.X (this will break tools, but probably not break much code, and fixing the tools should be straightforward) (+1 on dropping it in 3.X) -1 on dropping the requirement for packages in 2.X (-0 on dropping it in 3.X) +0 on making this change in 2.5

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