[Python-Dev] Proposal to revert r54204 (splitext change)

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Steve Holden schrieb:
> This is not "prevarication", it's a serious discussion about how such 
> issues should be managed.  The current glaring lack is of a sound 
> decision-making process. Such breakage-inducing change should be 
> reserved for major versions (as was the fix to the socket addressing wart).

Please take a look at Misc/NEWS and review all changes that had been
made since 2.5 to find out what other changes are breakage-inducing.

Regards,
Martin