[Python-Dev] New functionality in micro releases (was:Documenting
branch policy)
Martin v. Löwis
martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Sep 9 21:30:51 EDT 2003
Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> writes:
> The approach taken by the XML add-on package doesn't seem to be the
> right approach, either. At the moment your choices are to manually install
> the new code over the old, or else have a separate install area that's
> manually added to the start of the PYTHONPATH (this is what mailman
> does, right?)
Are you referring to PyXML here? It allows to extend/replace the
existing library with neither copying the new code over the old nor
with adding anything to PYTHONPATH. Instead, the core library expects
to be replaced, and is actively looking for a replacement.
Regards,
Martin
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