[Python-Dev] Raising objections

[Michael Hudson]

"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)


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