On Mar 24, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:

>Easy. Just set PYTHONPATH to import the SEPython [1] lib ahead of the
>standard lib. Then you can go back to the standard 2.7 (if you want
>to) by unsetting PYTHONPATH.
>
>It'd be nice if SEPython defined a modified sys.version for clarity,
>but otherwise, it'd be a vanilla Python 2.7.

That's certainly more in the direction of what I think is an appropriate
upstream solution.

The thing is, there isn't one single "what's best for users" resolution.
There are many, many competing requirements and I think it will be difficult
to satisfy everyone.  I'm particularly sensitive to complaints of unexpected
changes between micro releases.

-Barry
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