I've reported bug http://bugs.python.org/issue5924 some time ago and I think it's a release blocker -- it seems easy to fix, but I don't have time to actually submit a patch, so, I'd like to draw attention to it, especially as a release candidate is already out.

In absence of a patch, it can't be a release blocker, IMO. It's not a really critical bug (just an annoying one), as it is possible to work around it (e.g. by setting sys.path in sitecustomize, or by moving all modules into a single directory so that sys.path doesn't have to be that long).

If nobody else has time to submit a patch, either, Python 3.1 will get released with this bug.

Regards, Martin

Hi,

2009/6/9 Antoine Pitrou solipsis@pitrou.net:

Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:

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In absence of a patch, it can't be a release blocker, IMO.

I think we've had lots of issues filed as release blockers while they still didn't have a patch. As for whether this particular bug deserves to be a blocker, I don't know. It is certainly annoying, however.

FYI, I just submitted a patch. It is simple enough to be considered for inclusion for rc2.