[Pythonmac-SIG] Problems with new features introduced during beta, anyone?

[Schollnick, Benjamin]

Jack,

	My feel on this is _almost_ simple:

	* Forget about the new features, and stay with baseline v2.2b1.
			or
	* Add the features as experimental, but ensure that it's simple
		to disable the features.  (For example, they are in modules
		that have to be imported to add functionality).

	I still haven't seen a list of new features in v2.2, and I'm
	still using v2.0 (Macintosh), and v2.1 (PC)....  As long as it's
	stable, and works, and doesn't have new features that I need to use
	(or bug fixes that I need) I generally don't upgrade...

	Python is unusual in the fact that it's mostly (95%+) backward
	comptiable.... The only thing that has "bitten" me is that in
	v1.52 (?) was that there was a bug in the socket code that allowed
	a non-tuple form to be used (in bind or connect?)... But that was
	simply fixed...

	I'm all for adding new features, but to me stablity and not having
	a "release of the week", is one of the features that I desire.....

		- Benjamin

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Jansen [mailto:jack@oratrix.nl]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:16 PM
To: pythonmac-sig@python.org
Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] Problems with new features introduced during
beta, anyone?


Folks,
I'm pretty far along with MacPython 2.2b1, but suddenly on my doorstep
I find a couple of very nifty modules: CarbonEvents and a hfs+ API
module. And there's mods I got to allow MacPython to use the OSX
bundle format (so you can have an OS9/OSX bundle) that I can't enable
right now. And there might be Alexandre's new preference stuff and/or
my newline stuff.

There are a few things I can do:
1. Forget about these for MacPython 2.2 and leave them for 2.3.
2. Forget about MacPython 2.2b1, incorporate these modules and pick up
   the release trail again at the time of Python 2.2b2.
3. Do MacPython 2.2b1 now, and sneak in the new features for 2.2b2
   (labeled "experimental").

I'm tempted to do 3, but I'd like to hear what you all think,

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