
May 6, 2004
10:08 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:16, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Even if they are backwards compatible, I'm still -1 on adding new features to a bugfix release.
Acknowledged. Will prepare a patch for the next major asap.
Sure, if that's what Barry agreed to.
Martin and I are on the same page about this: no change to the existing API, but +1 on adding new functions to provide the desired feature. You can assign a patch to me, but be sure it includes documentation and unit tests. -Barry