[Python-Dev] importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means)

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 16.04.2012 19:44, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:33:45 -0400
> Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 13:08, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>
>>>> So like execute hg diff on the dependent files and if nothing changed
>>>> then touch the auto-generated file w/ 'touch' to prevent future attempts
>>>> to execute the target?
>>>
>>> Exactly. There might be something better than hg diff, perhaps some form
>>> of hg status.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, hg status is probably better. Now someone just needs to write the
>> shell script. =)
> 
> Wouldn't it be better if Python could compile regardless of the
> presence of a hg repository?

Who says it couldn't?

Regards,
Martin