Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.04; 'python3': 0.07; 'subject:released': 0.07; 'versions.': 0.07; 'cc:addr:googlegroups.com': 0.09; 'from:addr:simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'from:name:chris withers': 0.09; 'message- id:@simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'parameter': 0.09; 'received:89.151': 0.09; 'received:89.151.125': 0.09; 'received:89.151.125.140': 0.09; 'received:server1.simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'received:simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'api': 0.11; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'suggest': 0.14; '0.6': 0.16; 'backward': 0.16; 'cc:name:python list': 0.16; 'choose,': 0.16; 'maintainer': 0.16; 'ondrej': 0.16; 'received:buzzkill.local': 0.16; 'simplistix': 0.16; 'url:simplistix': 0.16; 'xlrd': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'any,': 0.19; 'subject:] ': 0.20; 'written': 0.21; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**1': 0.23; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; "aren't": 0.24; 'from:addr:chris': 0.24; 'cheers,': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'newer': 0.30; 'fedora': 0.31; 'update.': 0.31; 'compatible': 0.32; 'linux': 0.33; 'worked': 0.33; 'older': 0.33; 'plans': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'users': 0.40; 'release': 0.40; 'upgrading': 0.60; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; 'url:co': 0.67; 'removal': 0.74; 'package?': 0.84; 'updates,': 0.84; 'received:89': 0.85 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:14:54 +0100 From: Chris Withers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?T25kcmVqIErDoW4=?= Subject: Re: [pyxl] Re: xlrd 0.9.2 released! References: <51646E36.7080001@simplistix.co.uk> <5d6a8faf-3e27-4392-b79c-19d955ed4ebc@googlegroups.com> <517ABD9C.2050703@python.org> <20130426193730.GP2954@salstar.sk> In-Reply-To: <20130426193730.GP2954@salstar.sk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Python List , python-excel@googlegroups.com X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1367228250 news.xs4all.nl 16006 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40918 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:44488 On 26/04/2013 20:37, Ondrej Ján wrote: > If users have python-xlrd installed, package maintainer should release > only updates, which are API compatible with older versions. Right, the only API change between 0.6 and 0.9 is the removal of the 'pickleable' parameter to open_workbook. However, this was removed because it hadn't worked in a long long time. > Both Fedora and CentOS has python>=2.6, python3 is available for Fedora > too (no plans to release python3-xlrd now). xlrd 0.9 and above works with both python2 and python3 as-is. > So can I release an update for all my Linux distributions with backward > compatibility of this package? xlrd-0.8 was requested for xlsx support. I would suggest just going for 0.9.2. > Are there some howtos describing upgrading applications using xlrd > to newer versions? These documents can help me to choose, if I can release > an update. There aren't any, because there are no changes. Applications written for 0.6.x will still work without change when using 0.9.2. cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk