On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Chris McDonough
Even if it weren't slow, I still wouldn't use it to automatically convert code at install time; a single codebase is easier to reason about, and easier to support. Users send me tracebacks all the time; having them match the source is a wonderful thing.
Yeah, if single source doesn't work, then I think Antoine's suggested way (i.e. convert once, then maintain two distinct branches and builds, the way python-dev did for years with the standard library) is a more sane option. It lets you investigate tracebacks properly, it reduces your cycle times, etc, etc. With a modern DVCS, it should be significantly less painful than it was for us when we were maintaining four branches with only svnmerge to help out. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia