On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:53 -0400, Terry Jan Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 4/15/2013 10:04 PM, Ben Hoyt wrote: > > So my proposal is simply to get rid of read_windows_registry() > > altogether, and fall back to the default type mapping in mimetypes.py on > > Windows systems. This is correct and fast, even if not complete. As > > I basicallly agree, but am not sure what to do about back-compatibility > considerations. But we do not have to reproduce buggy behavior.
I basically agree as well, but as a non-windows user I'm not willing to commit any change without approval from a committer who actually understands what's going on. My understanding is that referencing the windows registry is a relatively new feature (I'm not sure exactly how new), and that it is itself causing more backward compatibility problems than would likely be caused by removing it. But as I said, I'm not enough of a Windows expert to be comfortable making that decision. I'm glad this was brought up on python-dev; it's been nagging at me that this issue hasn't been getting resolved. --David _______________________________________________ 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
