[Python-Dev] PEP 453 (pip bootstrapping) ready for pronouncement?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

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Am 25.09.13 23:33, schrieb Donald Stufft:
> An early draft of this did not have the backport to 2.7 and when I
> showed *that* version around to get feedback people were less
> enthusiastic about it and generally viewed it as "nice but
> worthless to me for N years".

I'm leaning towards the people that oppose addition of this feature to
older Python releases. In particular, the objection that the new PEP is
worthless for a long time to come, is in itself not really relevant:

It is always the case that features proposed by a PEP reach users only
years after they have been implemented.

> What users want isn't rationale in and of itself but I think it's
> an important data point, especially given how long 2.7.LASTEVER is
> going to be relevant to end users.

Well, I really really don't like this idea. 2.7 should not get new
features; users who want new features need to switch to 3.x.

Regards,
Martin


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