On Feb 10, 2013, at 06:14 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: >* Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org>, 2013-02-10, 17:54: >>Fixes should be easy and made in a way that works with both the old PIL >>>modules and the new Pillow egg/package: >> >> import Image >> >>should become >> >> try: >> from PIL import Image >> except ImportError: >> import Image > >Why is the "import Image" fallback necessary? "from PIL import Image" works >with the old PIL, too.
I don't think the fallback should be necessary, unless you did it like this (which I don't recommend): try: import Image except ImportError from PIL import Image IOW, the first import would fail if you don't have the -compat package installed. Cheers, -Barry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130211105523.14bdf...@anarchist.wooz.org