[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib/distutils cygwinccompiler.py,1.12,1.13 sysconfig.py,1.37,1.38

[Martin von Loewis]

> 1. You should patch the distutils CVS tree as well.
> 
> 2. Your fix is not backwards compatible (distutils maintains
>    Python 1.5.2 and up compatibility, so you'll have to
>    switch on the sys.version here).

Don't these two comments contradict each other? I cannot see why the
distutils copy in Python needs to switch on sys.version; it is always
in sync with its Python copy.

If the stand-alone version of distutils still needs to maintain
backwards compatibility with older versions, a separate patch would
need to be developed. Patching this tree with the patch I just applied
to the Python tree would break backwards compatibility.

Please note that Andrew Kuchling, in

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-July/016022.html

questions the need for separate distutils releases.

Regards,
Martin