Ned Deily <n...@python.org> added the comment:
Another user-visible difference: $ ls /tmp/py37/bin/python* /tmp/py37/bin/python3 /tmp/py37/bin/python3.7-config /tmp/py37/bin/python3.7m-config /tmp/py37/bin/python3.7 /tmp/py37/bin/python3.7m /tmp/py37/bin/python3-config $ ls /tmp/py38/bin/python* /tmp/py38/bin/python3 /tmp/py38/bin/python3.8-config /tmp/py38/bin/python3.8 /tmp/py38/bin/python3-config Granted, these differences aren't the end of the world but: "But I'm not sure of what are the things impacting by ABIFLAGS="" rather than ABIFLAGS="m"." Not to beat a dead horse but - we really should not make changes like this without first understanding what the impact will be. As it stands, this change potentially affects end-users, third-party distributors of Python, and package developers. And, for what reason? I don't wsee how this change provides any real value for anyone and it does cause people to have to change things, like creating conditional code for 3.7- and 3.8+. If we were starting from scratch today, sure - "m" is not needed. But just because we can change something doesn't mean we should. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36707> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
