[Python-Dev] Did I miss the decision to untabify all of the C code?

[Victor Stinner]

Le jeudi 06 mai 2010 08:17:14, Alexandre Vassalotti a écrit :
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno <jsbueno at python.org.br> 
wrote:
> > Python 2.7 is in beta, but not applying such a fix now would probably
> > mean that python 2.x would forever remain with the mixed tabs, since
> > it would make much less sense for such a change in a minor revision
> > (although I'd favor it even there).
> 
> Since 2.7 is likely the last release of the 2.x series, wouldn't it
> more productive to spend time improving it instead of wasting time on
> minor details like indentation?

Because "2.7 is likely the last release of the 2.x series", I think that it 
will maintained more longer than any other 2.x release. If we change the 
indentation in 3.x but not in 2.x, it will be harder to port the commits from 
3.x to 2.7.

I consider that the maintenance is very important for this last release, more 
important than "improving it". I prefer to work on new features on 3.x and 
keep 2.7 as stable as we can.

-- 
Victor Stinner
http://www.haypocalc.com/