[Python-Dev] Building on OS X 10.4 fails

[Alex Martelli]

On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:47 PM, James Y Knight wrote:

> On Jan 18, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Aahz wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>>
>>> Can we just all agree that RMS is an asshole now? Bah.
>>
>> "Citing RMS's insanity is a great way to get my blood steaming."  --
>> GvR
>
> Ya know, you don't *have* to use his software. For example, python
> could stop supporting readline and support libedit instead.

In Py3k this should indeed be considered; I don't think it can be  
within Python 2.*, since it would be a major and never fully  
backwards-compatible change.


Alex