7 Jul
2015
7 Jul
'15
1:30 p.m.
On Jul 06, 2015, at 09:32 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
FWIW, it took me 100+ hours. Doing this right is a non-trivial undertaking (in modern times, there are an astonishing number of changes per release). That said, it is rewarding work that makes a difference.
Indeed. During distro Python version transitions (including the 3.5 one I'm currently working on), verifying intentional changes via NEWS entries has been really critical. I'll point again to https://wiki.python.org/moin/PortingToPy3k/34to35 which I'm using to document the changes that I've seen break actual packages. Thanks for volunteering to do this work David, and for doing it in the past other-David! Cheers, -Barry