[Python-Dev] Distutils & configparser rename (original) (raw)
A.M. Kuchling amk at amk.ca
Thu May 15 22:33:53 CEST 2008
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Python 2.6 renames the ConfigParser module to be configparser.
Distutils imports ConfigParser in various places. I just made a commit updating the import in one places, and then noticed that part of commit r63248, which made the same change, was reverted in order to preserve backward-compatibility. Instead, the default path will include lib-old again to keep the old module name available.
I suggest dropping that goal, though. We've preserved compatibility but I'm not aware that anyone uses the Python 2.x Distutils with earlier versions of Python. In particular:
There's no standalone distutils package on PyPI, nor can I find such a package with a general web search. Am I missing it?
I do not see users advising other users to use a later version of Distutils to fix their problems.
Is anyone actually benefiting from the effort of maintaining backward compatibility?
--amk
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