[Python-Dev] Fix Unicode-disabled build of Python 2.7

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Jun 24 22:10:48 CEST 2014


On 06/24/2014 12:54 PM, Ned Deily wrote:
>
> Yes, we are committed to maintaining
> Python 2.7 for multiple years but that doesn't mean we have to fix every
> open issue or even most open issues.  Any or all of the above costs may
> apply to any changes we make.  For many of our users, the best
> maintenance policy for Python 2.7 would be the least change possible.

+1

We need to keep 2.7 running, but we don't need to kill ourselves doing it.  If a bug has been there for a while, the 
affected users are probably working around it by now.  ;)

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~Ethan~


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