[Python-Dev] Backwards compatiblity

Raymond Hettinger python@rcn.com
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:51:04 -0400


> The sets module is still pre-alpha, and adding pre-alpha anything to a
> "stability release" is highly dubious.  At best, it would create
> artificialcompatibility problems if 2.3 alpha and beta tests shows a need to
> change the sets API.  If people want new features, that's what new releases
> are for.

Once, it is firmed-up a bit, how about putting sets.py on python.org or in the Vaults of Parnassus?