[Python-Dev] On "PEP 546 — Backport ssl.MemoryBIO and ssl.SSLObject to Python 2.7"

[Victor Stinner]

FYI I started to work on the implementation: I rebased Alex Gaynor's
patch written in 2014 and converted it to a pull request.
http://bugs.python.org/issue22559

Victor

2017-06-10 1:56 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>:
> The reason we're having this conversation at all is probably a matter of
> timing. If MemoryBIO was in Python 3 when PEP 466 was accepted, it surely
> would have come along for the ride to 2.7. I believe PEP 466 is generally
> considered to have produced positive results. PEP 546, carrying no breaking
> changes, is less risky than PEP 466.
>
> The reluctance to bend 2.7 rules is healthy. This PEP is part of the price
> we pay, though, for making a backwards-incompatible release. The security
> landscape has and will change over the 10+ python-dev-supported life span of
> 2.7. During that time, we have an obligation to keep Python 2 secure. Part
> of that is supporting modern security interfaces, which are features. This
> change is needed to make another stdlib feature, ensurepip (which is itself
> yet another 2.7.x backport) work well.
>
> Therefore, as 2.7 release manager, I'm accepting the PEP.
>
>
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