[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #15177: Added dir_fd parameter to os.fwalk().

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 25, 2012, at 02:17 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:49:14 +0200
>larry.hastings <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7bebd9870c75
>> changeset:   77770:7bebd9870c75
>> user:        Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>
>> date:        Mon Jun 25 04:49:05 2012 -0700
>> summary:
>>   Issue #15177: Added dir_fd parameter to os.fwalk().
>
>Was it really a good idea to rush this? It's not fixing anything, just
>adding a new API.

Wouldn't this be considered a new feature added past the beta feature freeze?
I didn't see any explicit permission from the 3.3 RM in the tracker issues for
this commit.  I don't read Georg's comment in msg163937 as providing that
permission.  Please either revert or have Georg approve the patch in the
tracker.

-Barry