[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: distutils/distutils msvccompiler.py,1.33,1.34

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Greg Ward writes:
 > What if it's a 1.6a1 or 1.6a2 interpreter?  Presumably people will try
 > Distutils 0.9 with them.  Should I remove that feature now that 0.9 is
 > out, but before Python 2.0b1?

  You're placing too much value on code labelled "alpha". ;)  There
are two interesting versions -- 1.5.2 (since you scrapped support for
versions before that), and 2.0.  And the CVS version is the closest
approximation to 2.0 that anyone has.


  -Fred

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