> >>>>> "PFD" == Paul F Dubois <paul@pfdubois.com> writes: > > PFD> The requirement of a version argument to the distutils command > PFD> breaks Pyfort and many of my existing packages. These packages > PFD> are not intended for use with the distribution commands and a > PFD> package version number would be meaningless. > > PFD> I will make a new Pyfort that supplies a version number to the > PFD> call it makes to setup. However, I think this change to > PFD> distutils is a poor idea. If the version number would be > PFD> required for the distribution commands, let *them* complain, > PFD> perhaps by setting a default value of > PFD> time.asctime(time.gmtime()) or something that the distribution > PFD> commands could object to. > > PFD> I apologize if I missed an earlier discussion of this change > PFD> that seems to be in 2.1b2 but not 2.1b1, as I am new to this > PFD> list. > > I haven't read any discussion of distutils changes that was discussed > on this list. It's a good question, though. Should distutils be > allowed to change between beta releases in a way that breaks user > code? > > There are two possibilities: > > 1. Guido has decided that distutils release cycles need not be related > to Python release cycles. He has said as much for pydoc. If so, > the timing of the change is just an unhappy coincidence. > > 2. Distutils is considered to be part of the standard library and > should follow the same rules as the rest of the library. No new > features after the first beta release, just bug fixes. And no > incompatible changes without ample warning. > > I think that distutils is mature enough to follow the second set of > rules -- and that the change should be reverted before the final > release. > > Jeremy I agree. *Allowing* a version argument is fine. *Requiring* it is too late in the game. (And may be a wrong choice anyway, but I'm not sure of the issues.) --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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