Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions?

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Date	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:17:38 -0800
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In article <511E4734.9010409@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>,
 Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> wrote:

> On 15/02/2013 14:00, Roy Smith wrote:
> .......
> >
> > I ran into a similar issue just recently (see this thread:
> > http://tinyurl.com/ccvwj3e).  The Ubuntu folks seem to be cherry-picking
> > bugfixes and releasing them with the same version numbers.
> >
> yes it seems that must be the case. Maybe someone at python.org should tell 
> the 
> ubuntists not to do that.
> 
> However, even a proper 2.7.4 release shouldn't change the interface (ie 
> rename 
> module variables). That must be down to someone at python.org. I guess 
> because 
> 2.7 is the last minor release of the 2.x series that the stability 
> requirements 
> have been dumped.
> 
> Luckily, our code didn't launch any missiles because of this 'fix'. I always 
> recommend people to build their own python for exactly this reason.

If you think this change will cause significant user compatibility 
problems in the field, you should report it to the Python bug tracker 
right away.  There may still time to deal with it before the next 2.7 
maintenance release, 2.7.4, which has been delayed somewhat.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad@acm.org

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multiple 2.7.3 versions? Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2013-02-15 10:53 +0000
  Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-15 09:00 -0500
    Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2013-02-15 14:33 +0000
    Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-02-15 14:17 -0800
  Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-16 01:24 +1100

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