On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 09:28 Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 09:07 Thomas Heller <thel...@ctypes.org> wrote: > >> Am 11.05.2016 um 18:04 schrieb Brett Cannon: >> > >> > >> > On Wed, 11 May 2016 at 04:35 Thomas Heller <thel...@ctypes.org >> > <mailto: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> >> > > <mailto:vadmium%2...@gmail.com <mailto:vadmium%252...@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. >> >> Cool. While you're at it, the compatibility restriction for >> modulefinder could also be lifted. >> > > Will do. >
PEP 291 no longer lists any restrictions on ctypes or modulefinder.
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