[Python-Dev] Which version of distutils to ship with Python 2.5? (original) (raw)

Collin Winter collinw at gmail.com
Thu Jul 27 19:51:51 CEST 2006


On 7/27/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

Collin Winter wrote: > Is it intentional that Python 2.5 is (currently) shipping with > distutils 2.4.0, while Python 2.4 (at least 2.4.1, 2.4.2 and 2.4.3) > shipped with distutils 2.4.1? Judging from my own tests, distutils > 2.4.1 fixed several bugs that some of my test suites depend on (the > fixes, not the bugs ; ).

Are these bugs not fixed in the distutils that shipped with Python 2.5b2?

I now believe this to be a new regression that I had confused with an earlier bug report. I've filed a new report, http://python.org/sf/1529871. I'd appreciate it if anyone could shed some light on this.

Thanks, Collin Winter



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