[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change

[M.-A. Lemburg]

akuchlin@mems-exchange.org wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 06:20:54PM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>>The migration path, including hints on how to port Python applications
> 
>>from one version to the next, how to work around deprecations,
> 
>>tips on quick ways to find problem areas in the code, etc.
> 
> 
> Part of the problem is that I work from the CVS logs and from the
> Misc/NEWS file, and people don't always indicate when a potential
> incompatibility is introduced.  (That may not be clear to the person
> making the change, of course, if they think they're changing an
> obscure bit of code.)
> 
> I'd certainly like to point out required changes.  The 2.0 document
> had a "Porting to 2.0" section, but now I generally try to cover such
> issues in the section for the relevant PEP.  

You're doing a great hob here, Andrew !

What should we do to make your work easier ?

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