[issue7969] shutil.copytree error handling non-standard and partially broken

[Tarek Ziadé]

Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com> added the comment:

I agree with all your points. 

The copystat error can be fixed right away and applied for 2.6 to 3.x

For other points, I'll change the way the Error works but this will require an heavy deprecation process.

In the meantime I can document the behavior, and provide some examples in the documentation (eg how to catch and manage the errors that were raised)

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assignee:  -> tarek
nosy: +tarek
priority:  -> normal
resolution:  -> accepted
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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