On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:33 PM, A.M. Kuchling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python 2.6 renames the ConfigParser module to be configparser. > > Distutils imports ConfigParser in various places. I just made a > commit updating the import in one places, and then noticed that part > of commit r63248, which made the same change, was reverted in order to > preserve backward-compatibility. Instead, the default path will > include lib-old again to keep the old module name available. > > I suggest dropping that goal, though. We've preserved compatibility > but I'm not aware that anyone uses the Python 2.x Distutils with > earlier versions of Python. In particular: > > * There's no standalone distutils package on PyPI, nor can I find > such a package with a general web search. Am I missing it? > > * I do not see users advising other users to use a later version of > Distutils to fix their problems. > > Is anyone actually benefiting from the effort of maintaining backward > compatibility?
The change was reverted at MAL's request, but he didn't qualify it beyond wanting the backwards-compatibility. -Brett _______________________________________________ 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