Mailing List Archive: [issue5052] "This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1." in distutils code

[issue5052] "This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1." in distutils code

Jan 25, 2009, 5:18 AM

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New submission from Akira Kitada <akitada@gmail.com>:

In distutils package, there are many files that saying
"This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1."

According to Tarek ZiadÃ©, this is not valid statement anymore.

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components: Distutils
messages: 80507
nosy: akitada
severity: normal
status: open
title: "This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1." in distutils code
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1

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[issue5052] "This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1." in distutils code [ In reply to ]

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Jan 25, 2009, 5:28 AM

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Akira Kitada <akitada@gmail.com> added the comment:

If PEP 291 is still valid, distutils needs "only remain compatible with
the version of Python it is distributed with."

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[issue5052] "This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1." in distutils code [ In reply to ]

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Jan 25, 2009, 5:29 AM

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Changes by Tarek ZiadÃ© <ziade.tarek@gmail.com>:

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assignee: -> tarek
nosy: +tarek
versions: -Python 2.6, Python 3.0

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Jan 25, 2009, 2:12 PM

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Tarek ZiadÃ© <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> added the comment:

done in r68943

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status: open -> closed

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[issue5052] "This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1." in distutils code [ In reply to ]

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Jan 25, 2009, 2:23 PM

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Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@egenix.com> added the comment:

Note that distutils was removed from PEP 291 in r1982 "After some
discussion at the distutils sprint at PyCon 2005".

This was not discussed on the distutils mailing list at the time which I
regard as not in line with the way Python or distutils is developed.

While we likely don't need Python 2.1 compatibility anymore, Python 2.3
is still in active use, so keeping distutils Python 2.3 compatible would
allow package authors to use a single distutils version (the Python 2.6
one) to cover the Python releases 2.3 - 2.6.

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