[stdlib-sig] Making the reorg work

[Brett Cannon]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Benjamin Peterson
<musiccomposition at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>  >  For 2.6, the modules should be renamed. The old names should be
>  >  maintained with stub modules that are kept in some directory, such as
>  >  lib-old. This separate directory is needed since some modules are only
>  >  changing their case and that will wreak havoc on case-insensitive file
>  >  systems. There should also be a Python 3.0 warning about the named
>  >  deprecation.
>  So, the following the workflow?
>  1. svn mv Lib/BadOldName.py Lib/badoldname.py (in trunk)

I think you meant for that to still lead to a good name. =)

>  2. Fix imports in the stdlib and update the docs.
>  3. Commit and merge into 3.0.
>  4. (back in trunk) make a file that does a start import (modules with
>  __all__ will require some more work) in lib-old and gives a py3k
>  warning
>  5. Block that revision

Sounds about right.

-Brett


>
> >
>  >  While we wait for Guido to pronounce on the PEP (probably late next
>  >  week) we can start discussing this and getting stuff lined up. I
>  >  personally don't know how much time I will have for this (dealing with
>  >  a relationship ending and having to move because of it) so any and all
>  >  help I can get for this will be appreciated.
>  Your word is my command. :)
>
>
>
>  --
>  Cheers,
>  Benjamin Peterson
>