[Python-Dev] Backporting PEP 414

Lennart Regebro regebro at gmail.com
Wed Feb 29 07:52:39 CET 2012


On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 21:27, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> Here's what I know:
>
> We don't add features to bug-fix releases.
> u'' is considered a feature.
> By not backporting to 3.1 and 3.2 we are not easing the migration pains from
> 2.x.

If this is added to 3.2.3, then some programs will work with 3.2.3,
but not 3.2.2. I'm pretty sure this will confuse people no end. :-)

//Lennart


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