[Python-Dev] uuid backward compatibility (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Sun Jun 18 21:50:00 CEST 2006

On 6/18/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

Ka-Ping Yee wrote: > Anyway, it looks like someone has added this module to the list of > backward-compatible modules in PEP 291. Regarding whether we want > it to be on that list (i.e. whether or not this backward-compatibility > should be retained as Python moves forward), i'm happy to have it > either way.

In that case, I think we shouldn't require 2.3 compatibility. There is no reason to deliberately break it either, of course.

I agree with Martin. We can try to avoid the issue (and usually people should to make backporting fixes easier), but adding that hinderance can be a real pain, especially as we get farther and farther away from 2.3 .

As for the comment: It apparently is misleading, George mistakenly took it as a requirement for future changes, rather than a factual statement about the present (even though it uses the tense of simple present). Anybody breaking 2.3 compatibility will have to remember to remove the comment, which he likely won't.

I think it is better to add a comment in the external release that it is backwards compatible somewhere, but leave it out of the core.

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