On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 04:35 Thomas Heller <thel...@ctypes.org> wrote:
> Am 10.05.2016 um 19:39 schrieb Brett Cannon: > > > > > > On Tue, 10 May 2016 at 01:18 Martin Panter <vadmium...@gmail.com > > <mailto:vadmium%2...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I am working on <https://bugs.python.org/issue22636>, to fix shell > > injection problems with ctypes.util.find_library(). The proposal for > > Python 3 is to change os.popen(shell-script) calls to use > > subprocess.Popen(). > > > > However the Python 2.7 version of the module has a comment which says > > “This file should be kept compatible with Python 2.3, see PEP 291.” > > Looking at <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0291/>, it is not > > clear why we have to maintain this compatibility. My best guess is > > that there may be an external ctypes package that people want(ed) to > > keep compatible with 2.3, and also keep synchronized with 2.7. > > > > > > That's correct and the maintainer is/was Thomas Heller who I have cc'ed > > to see if he's okay with lifting the restriction. > > For me it is totally ok to lift this restriction. > Great! I'll also update PEP 291.
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