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Wed Jan 4 04:15:03 CET 2006


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

    Martin> Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
    >> Sure, Python can be expected to do much better than random port
    >> maintainers, but....  Discussions with the port maintainers makes it
    >> hard to blame them.

    Martin> Well, it's the same attitude that Fredrik Lundh just critized.
    Martin> It's ok for a port maintainer to say "I don't have any energy to
    Martin> fix it myself" (although I would hope he still says "patches
    Martin> will be accepted").  It's not ok for a port maintainer to say
    Martin> "it's not a bug - just upgrade your system". It *is* a bug for
    Martin> Python to emit warnings on "major platforms" (PEP 7).

Thank you.  I was beginning to think I was going crazy.

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