[Python-Dev] PEP 466: Proposed policy change for handling network security enhancements (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Mon Mar 24 02:31:12 CET 2014

On Mar 24, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:

Easy. Just set PYTHONPATH to import the SEPython [1] lib ahead of the standard lib. Then you can go back to the standard 2.7 (if you want to) by unsetting PYTHONPATH.

It'd be nice if SEPython defined a modified sys.version for clarity, but otherwise, it'd be a vanilla Python 2.7.

That's certainly more in the direction of what I think is an appropriate upstream solution.

The thing is, there isn't one single "what's best for users" resolution. There are many, many competing requirements and I think it will be difficult to satisfy everyone. I'm particularly sensitive to complaints of unexpected changes between micro releases.

-Barry

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