[Python-Dev] Python 2.7b1 and argparse's version action

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Tobias Herp wrote:
>> No deprecation or removal of the simple and convenient 'version'
>> argument is needed for this.  Just omit it, and build your version
>> action yourself.  But please notice that there are others who appreciate
>> this simple way to do it and don't need more.
> 
> One Obvious Way.
> 
> In this case, the ambiguity of the "version=" argument is sufficient to
> elevate it to the level of "attractive nuisance" (particularly given the
> legacy behaviour of conflicting with typical verbosity options). The
> default help for the action needs to be fixed, and there are a couple of
> documentation tweaks to be made, but Steven's decision to remove the
> feature has a sound rationale.

Exactly my feelings. IMO, straight removal would be fine as well, but a
deprecation may be more user-friendly, wrt. the existing code base.

Regards,
Martin