[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 328 - Relative Imports

[Nicolas Fleury]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> I wasn't suggesting not to have relative imports. It is just
> that most third-party packages nowadays rely on the current
> import lookup mechanism (first local, then global). All of these
> would break the day absolute imports become the default.

Don't you think that they have enough time to adapt?  We're talking 
about 2.6 for the final step and 2.4 is not even released.  If a 
third-party package doesn't adapt, I'm sure it's possible to have a 
wordaround, but isn't that a different issue?  Don't forget that you can 
make you imports in if/else blocks on version.

Regards,
Nicolas