Jason R. Coombs added the comment: That's entirely reasonable. I thought maybe that was the case.
My instinct is that 100% backward compatibility may not be necessary, especially if setuptools and pip are in the loop and can assure compatibility at some level. I'll dig deeper into the issue from a setuptools perspective and report back. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16989> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com