>>> Meanwhile, the 'register' command accepts Unicode, but is broken in >>> handling it. […] >>> >>> Unfortunately, this isn't fixable until there's a new 2.5.x release. >>> For previous Python versions, both register and write_pkg_info() >>> accepted 8-bit strings and passed them on as-is, so the only >>> workaround for this issue at the moment is to revert to Python 2.4 >>> or less. >> What is the prognosis on this issue? It's still hitting me in Python >> 2.5.4. > > Any word on this? Is there an open bug tracker issue with more > information? Who's working on this?
For Python 2.5.4, no further changes will be made. If you can reproduce with 2.6, and can't find a tracker issue, make a new report. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
