On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:00:50 -0500, "Fred L. Drake, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 22 March 2005 16:09, Jim Jewett wrote: > > Why not? I realize that version is more important for pre-compiled > > extension modules, but it applies even to a pure python package.
> > Source code that uses @decoration won't work in python 1.5 > This is distinct from the version of Python used to build a distribution. In theory, yes. My suspicion is that if people are using the defaults, then they are probably also using a python version that they have tested with -- and perhaps the only one that they have tested with. > > Defaulting to the version used to create the package isn't perfect, > > and may sometimes be too conservative -- but as a default, is it > > really worse than nothing? > Yes, because we can't tell the difference later. For now, you can include > comments in the long description or on a project web page. A proper field > will be added for this in the future (hopefully not too distant). How about changing it to tack on a "(guess)" instead of just deleting it? Or does that change break too many other things/cause too much ugliness for the timeframe it will be used in? -jJ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
