Re: [Python-Dev] Status of Python in the Red Hat 7.1 beta

2001-02-09 Thread Skip Montanaro
Eric> Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I'm not sure what you mean by "should just work". Source >> compatibility between 1.5.2 and 2.0 is very high. The 2.0 NEWS file >> should list all the changes (single argument append and socket >> addresses are the big ones).

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of Python in the Red Hat 7.1 beta

2001-02-09 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm not sure what you mean by "should just work". Source > compatibility between 1.5.2 and 2.0 is very high. The 2.0 NEWS > file should list all the changes (single argument append and > socket addresses are the big ones). And that change only affected a

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of Python in the Red Hat 7.1 beta

2001-02-09 Thread Neil Schemenauer
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 10:53:53AM -0500, Michael Tiemann wrote: > OTOH, if somebody can make a really definitive statement that I've > misinterpreted the responses, and that 2.x _as_ python should just work, > and if it doesn't, it's a bug that needs to shake out, I can address that > with our OS

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of Python in the Red Hat 7.1 beta

2001-02-09 Thread Michael Tiemann
Based on the responses I have seen, it appears that this is not the kind of issue we want to address in a .1 release. I talked with Matt Wilson, the most active Python developer here, and he's all for moving to 2.x for our next .0 product, but for compatibility reasons it sounds like the option of