[Python-checkins] r50978 - in python/trunk: Lib/distutils/__init__.py Misc/NEWS

["Martin v. Löwis"]

M.-A. Lemburg schrieb:
> Could we please revert the patch to have the distutils version
> number generated rather than being a fixed literal before b3
> and then have a proper discussion about this whole issue
> on either the distutils SIG list or python-dev ?

Not sure who "we" is; I personally won't revert it, as I think
it is the right thing to do (I spent already too much time on it,
and if I hadn't acted, the version number would still falsely
be 2.4.0).

I don't see the need to revert it now even if some consensus
arrives that it should be changed back after b3, or even after
2.5.0 is released: it's possible to change it back at any time
without breaking anything.

Regards,
Martin