Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'case.': 0.05; 'rename': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'release,': 0.09; 'bug': 0.10; '2.7': 0.13; 'folks': 0.15; 'luckily,': 0.16; 'reason.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'subject:2.7.3': 0.16; 'subject:versions': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; "shouldn't": 0.17; 'module': 0.19; 'tracker': 0.20; '2.x': 0.22; 'minor': 0.22; 'releasing': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; '(see': 0.27; 'guess': 0.27; 'interface': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'delayed': 0.29; 'maybe': 0.29; 'that.': 0.30; 'field,': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'launch': 0.32; 'ubuntu': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'requirements': 0.33; 'version': 0.34; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'similar': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'next': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'problems': 0.36; 'python.org': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'release': 0.39; 'build': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'series': 0.63; 'our': 0.65; 'maintenance': 0.65; 'url:tinyurl': 0.66; 'smith': 0.71; 'received:204': 0.72; 'article': 0.78; '(ie': 0.84; 'received:204.14': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ned Deily Subject: Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:17:38 -0800 References: <511E4734.9010409@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.14.154.191 User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) 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: 34 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1360966674 news.xs4all.nl 6917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60346 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:38963 In article <511E4734.9010409@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>, Robin Becker 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