Hi Ned, Ned Deily wrote: > Other than Mac/Modules, the rest of the Mac/ directory is mainly stuff > used for building or going into the OS X installer images, including > things like IDLE.app. These are used in 2.x and in 3.x.
Thanks, knowing that makes the ticket handling easier! >> There are 40 C files, two headers and 69 python files in /Mac in >> trunk. The 2.6 (and 2.5.x) docs say development has stopped and that >> they'd be replaced in 2.5. So ISTM closing RFEs for these modules >> would be an improvement. >> >> > Honestly, fixing them is fine but since the modules are deprecated but >> > still in existence in 2.x, but they are definitely nothing above a >> > normal priority issue. >> OK, I'll let the bug reports open. What about RFEs? > > I think the reasonable thing to do is close them as "not to be > fixed/implemented". At this point, the chances that someone would fix > them are pretty slim and, in many cases, I'm sure the module is either > obsolete because other, and better supported, solutions are now > available, like PyObjC or appscript. If people feel strongly about an > issue, they can always ask to re-open it. OK, Ronald is helping sort them and I'll clean whatever is left based on your combined feedback. > Taking a quick look at your list, the only ones that may be worth > looking at are the plistlib ones since it lives on in 3.x. I think all > the rest are deprecated and gone in 3.x. OK, plistlib is a keeper in my list now. Thanks a lot for the feedback (and for helping with the Mac installers!) :) Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ 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
