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

[Georg Brandl]

Stephen Hansen schrieb:

> And it'd be so easy to do it in a way which wouldn't be silent... just 
> throw out a warning, and defer the actual change until the next release.
> 
> Expecting people to keep on top of Misc/NEWS and re-read the 
> documentation for every function in their code is a tad unreasonable. I 
> don't personally find it unreasonable for people to ask for a bit more 
> of an extended migration path when changes that are being implemented 
> will cause *silent* changes in behavior.

Which is why there is the "Porting" section in the What's New document,
which is typically not longer than a page and should list these changes.

Georg