[Python-Dev] Backporting PEP 414 (original) (raw)

Chris McDonough chrism at plope.com
Tue Feb 28 22:23:40 CET 2012

On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 15:54 -0500, Benjamin Peterson wrote:

2012/2/28 Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>: > Here's what I know: > > We don't add features to bug-fix releases. > u'' is considered a feature. > By not backporting to 3.1 and 3.2 we are not easing the migration pains from > 2.x. > > > Here's what I don't know: > > Why is readding u'' a feature and not a bug? (Just had a thought about this > -- because the removal of u'' is documented.)

Because it's a new "thing" which doesn't fix obviously broken behavior. > > > If there is already a FAQ entry feel free to point me to it, but I would > still be curious why, in this instance, practicality does not beat purity? Because it's practical not to break bugfix releases with new features.

This change, by its nature, cannot break old programs.

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