On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 at 10:30:33 +0200, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: > I'm not sure we should try to solve this. IMHO we should try to convince > upstreams that breaking API/ABI so often is a bad thing instead.
... and that when they do, they need to rename the module with a version number, just like C upstreams do (in Python that'd mean something like: from foo import bar -> from foo2 import bar). <http://ometer.com/parallel.html> > I see only one sane way to fix the problem - changing Python interpreter > to recognize API from filenames, like foo.1.py foo.2.py foo.2.3.py > (with `import foo <= 2` as valid syntax) and let upstream authors decide > when to bump it, just like C guys do, but that's a topic for > python-devel mailing list... If upstreams are going to do this, surely they could do so just as effectively without interpreter changes, by versioning the imported module? S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100921095750.gb6...@reptile.pseudorandom.co.uk
