[Python-Dev] Raising objections

Fri Apr 21 09:38:27 CEST 2006

"A.M. Kuchling" <amk at amk.ca> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 07:53:55AM +0200, "Martin v. Löwis" quoted:
>> > It is flatly not possible to "fix" distutils and preserve backwards 
>> > compatibility.
>> Would it be possible to figure what parts are problematic, and
> introduce PendingDeprecationWarnings or DeprecationWarnings so 
> that we can fix things?

Broadly speaking, no.
Cheers,
mwh
(I've looked into the distutils source too, and have the claw marks on
my soul to prove it)
-- 
 I'm sorry, was my bias showing again? :-)
 -- William Tanksley, 13 May 2000