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Re: Maintaining a backported module

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On 10/24/13 7:46 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:36:04 -0400, Ned Batchelder wrote:
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>> coverage.py currently runs on 2.3 through 3.4
> You support all the way back to 2.3???
>
> I don't know whether to admire your dedication, or back away slowly since
> you're obviously a crazy person :-)
>
>
>

Yeah, it's kind of crazy.  It was a boiling frog situation: the package 
supported 2.3 back when that was just normal, and there was no obvious 
time to drop it, so it's been carried along.

It's been fun dropping the contortions for coverage.py 4.x, though!

--Ned.

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Maintaining a backported module Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-24 04:54 +0000
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-24 16:09 +1100
    Re: Maintaining a backported module Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-10-23 22:46 -0700
      Re: Maintaining a backported module Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-10-30 03:32 -0700
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-23 22:38 -0700
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-23 23:30 -0700
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-24 17:59 +1100
    Re: Maintaining a backported module Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-24 09:38 +0000
      Re: Maintaining a backported module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-24 21:01 +1100
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-10-24 09:00 +0200
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-24 09:37 +0100
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-24 06:36 -0400
    Re: Maintaining a backported module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-24 11:46 +0000
      Re: Maintaining a backported module rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-10-24 05:25 -0700
      Re: Maintaining a backported module Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-24 13:46 -0400
      Re: Maintaining a backported module Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-24 16:37 -0400
      Python Coverage: testing a program (was: Maintaining a backported module) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-25 07:54 +1100
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-24 22:55 +0100
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-24 18:36 -0400
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-24 15:28 -0700
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-25 10:27 +1100
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-25 10:30 +1100
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-24 19:53 -0400
      Re: Python Coverage: testing a program Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-24 19:55 -0400
      Re: Maintaining a backported module Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-10-25 08:49 +0100
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2013-10-24 12:47 +0200
  Re: Maintaining a backported module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-10-24 12:42 -0700

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