[Distutils] backwards compatibility of distutils?

When is it ok to lose the backward-compatibility of distutils? Going through the code, there's at least two entire modules (log and fancy_getopt) that should be removed in favour of the new logging and optparse modules. Obviously this isn't possible if 1.5.2 compatibility is to be kept. Or should they be replaced with copies of the logging and optparse modules in the distutils CVS tree? Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.