[Python-Dev] Should a change in search order of directories in setup.py be backported?

[Brett Cannon]

On Feb 3, 2008 12:08 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > But should this be backported? It will change how extensions are
> > compiled if there is more than one version on a machine. Not sure if
> > we want people to suddenly have what they link against change in a
> > micro release.
>
> I agree with Skip that this is a bug, so please backport it.

Done in r60548. I also went back and added a Misc/NEWS entry for the trunk.

-Brett