[Pythonmac-SIG] findertools.launch reports "no eligible process"

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 9 Jun, 2007, at 2:55, has wrote:

> On 8 Jun 2007, at 22:34, Jack Jansen wrote:
>
>> Problem with deprecating aetools is that there is a truckload of
>> modules that depend on it, findertools among them.
>
> Which ones? Apart from the other OSA modules (which should also be
> deprecated), findertools is the only standard library module that I
> can see. (argvemulator used to use it, but has already been fixed.)
>
> Bear in mind that aetools is completely broken on i386. If there were
> really a need for it, there'd have been constant howls of complaint
> over the last year.
>
> Python 3.0 is coming. 64-bit support is needed. Able bodies are in
> limited supply. Dumping deadweight will improve the Python
> distribution and reduce the amount of upgrade/maintenance work that
> needs to be done. It is the best and easiest way forward and timing
> it right - i.e. deprecated in 2.6, removed in Python 3.0 - will
> minimise the workload for maintainers and the disruption to users.

I'm more tempted to remove aetools in 2.6 if it cannot be fixed with  
a small amount of work. Leaving code that is fundamentally broken is  
just lame.

Ronald
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