On 16 June 2013 19:30, Łukasz Langa <luk...@langa.pl> wrote: > Now we have (at least) the following libraries backported from 3.2+ to > older versions of Python by members of the core team: > > - configparser > - enum34 > - singledispatch > - subprocess32 > - unittest2 > > There are also unofficial backports like billiard (multiprocessing).
Step one is compiling a list. I started a page for that here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/StandardLibraryBackports (It's reachable from the front page of the wiki via the Useful Modules page) > I would be happy if all those were more discoverable by the community > at large. Having a single namespace for backports would be great but > my spidey sense forebodes large flocks of bike sheds flying that way. > > Can we put links to those backports in the docs of older versions of > Python? Most users would be better off using the updated packages > while still deploying on an older release of Python. It's probably better to start with a list anyone can edit, rather than links that can only be updated by core developers. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ 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
