On 09 March 2005, Anthony Baxter said (privately): > Thanks! I really want to keep the no-new-features thing going for > as long as possible, pending any AoG (Acts of Guido), of course.
Grumble. How do you feel about upgrading optparse to sync with Optik 1.5.1? I'm a bit embarassed that Python 2.4's optparse has __version__ == "1.5a2" because I didn't release Optik 1.5 in time. And yes, there were some tiny new features in 1.5 and a few more coming in 1.5.1: * SF patch #870807: allow users to specify integer option arguments in hexadecimal, octal, or binary with leading "0x", "0", or "0b" (1.5 final). * SF feature #1050184: add 'append_const' action (patch by Andrea 'fwyzard' Bocci) (1.5 final). * Keep going if importing gettext fails (so optparse can be used in the Python build process) (1.5 final). * Fix so the 'merge' script works again (bugs spotted, and mostly fixed, by Andrea 'fwyzard' Bocci). (1.5.1) * SF bug #1145594: add 'finish()' method to OptionParser so applications can explicitly break reference cycles, making life easier for Python's garbage collector. (1.5.1) * SF feature #988126: add 'epilog' attribute to OptionParser (and constructor arg): paragraph of text to print after the main option help. (1.5.1) * Corrected French translation (po/optik/fr.po) (Laurent Laporte). (1.5.1) Every one of these is useful to someone, and none of them are even remotely destabilizing. But they all add functionality that would be present in 2.4.1 and not in 2.4. That doesn't bother me in the slightest, but I guess it bothers some people. I'd like to check this in for 2.4.1. But I won't if anyone says "don't do it". Nor will I if no one else says "do it". Burnt once... Greg -- Greg Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gerg.ca/ Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proven innocent. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com