[Python-Dev] User's complaints

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    Armin> On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:05:21PM -0700, Brett Cannon wrote:
    >> It is the last point in the first paragraph on time.strftime()
    >> discussing what changed in Python 2.4 as to what the change was.
    >> It's also in Misc/NEWS .  Basically the guy didn't read the release
    >> notes or the docs to see why that changed and that it was legitimate
    >> and needed for stability.

    Armin> Surely everybody should read and think carefully about each
    Armin> (longish) NEWS file for each software package whenever they
    Armin> update their machines or switch to one with newer software than
    Armin> they last used.

I'll add one further point here.  I exchanged a couple emails with Greg
Black.  What happened to him was that some of his customers upgraded their
operating systems and got Python 2.4 in the bargain.  His software started
throwing off errors.  At that point he read the NEWS file and saw the
problem.  He clearly wasn't fully master of the environment in which his
customers ran his software, so I think it's understandable that he was
caught by surprise by this change.

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