multiple 2.7.3 versions?
Ned Deily
nad at acm.org
Fri Feb 15 17:17:38 EST 2013
In article <511E4734.9010409 at chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>,
Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:
> On 15/02/2013 14:00, Roy Smith wrote:
> .......
> >
> > I ran into a similar issue just recently (see this thread:
> > http://tinyurl.com/ccvwj3e). The Ubuntu folks seem to be cherry-picking
> > bugfixes and releasing them with the same version numbers.
> >
> yes it seems that must be the case. Maybe someone at python.org should tell
> the
> ubuntists not to do that.
>
> However, even a proper 2.7.4 release shouldn't change the interface (ie
> rename
> module variables). That must be down to someone at python.org. I guess
> because
> 2.7 is the last minor release of the 2.x series that the stability
> requirements
> have been dumped.
>
> Luckily, our code didn't launch any missiles because of this 'fix'. I always
> recommend people to build their own python for exactly this reason.
If you think this change will cause significant user compatibility
problems in the field, you should report it to the Python bug tracker
right away. There may still time to deal with it before the next 2.7
maintenance release, 2.7.4, which has been delayed somewhat.
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Ned Deily,
nad at acm.org
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