[Python-Dev] License() release list is imcomplete; intentional? (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Tue Sep 17 18:42:22 CEST 2013

I don't really understand why the releases should be manually listed. Is it some kind of defensive coding?

I think it's to give people who care about such things all the information they need to make informed decisions. As I recall, the 1.6 series was problematic, because it wasn't actually open source. That's why 2.0 is a derivative of 1.5.2. I doubt there are other licensing weirdities lurking, but better to give people everything they might need, especially if it's not difficult. At this point I think the hard work is done. Release managers or their minions just need to remember to tack on the next line.

Skip

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