Re: Python modules for every supported version

[Fabio Tranchitella]

Il mar, 2004-06-15 alle 17:13, Cory Dodt ha scritto:
> There is an implicit assumption here that python modules will actually work
> for all versions of Python.  This is clearly not the case; some will use
> features only available in (some newer version X.y).  Furthermore, at least a
> few (distutils and difflib are notable) are available only for the versions in
> which they would not normally be available anyway.  (They were added to the
> stdlib later, iirc.)  It would be undesirable to package them for later
> versions and do extra work pulling those parts out of the stdlib, and probably
> impossible to package them for earlier versions since they would not work