"Barry Warsaw" <ba...@canonical.com> wrote:
>On Apr 20, 2010, at 04:57 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > >>I think it is difficult to know for sure what the future will hold. If the >>backport is not technically complex, I think a backport with the default to >>off would be a nice tool in the box is things go differently than we plan. >>Other than the effort involved, I don't see a downside, but I have no idea >>how hard this would be to do. > >It may not be worth porting the entire patch, but I think the core interesting >bits won't be too difficult. The one tricky extra thing to implement is >switching it on only when -Xenablecachedir is given. In Python 3.2, it's >always enabled. > >We'll see how things go. If Ubuntu 10.10 is going to include multiple >versions of Python 2.x, then I think it makes sense. With one 2.x and one 3.x >it's not quiet as clear. > Based on my experience with the Python 2.5 and 2.6 transitions, I'd really prefer to have Ubuntu follow Debian rather than lead. Scott K
