On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
If setuptools can be made to work with Python 2.6.3 /and/ earlier versions of Python 2.6.x, then it should be patched and an update released. If not,then perhaps we should revert the change in a quick Python 2.6.4.It's technically possible to fix Setuptools. We did this fix on Distribute, andthe patch is 2 lines long.
My question was less about the political aspects than the technical aspects. I gather you're saying that the fix to setuptools will make it work in 2.6.3 without inadvertently breaking it for 2.6.2, 2.6.1, and 2.6.0, right? Have you tried the fix in those older versions to be sure?
If, as I hope, the answer to that is "yes", then I strongly support releasing a fixed setuptools instead of reverting the change to Python.
-Barry
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