On 31.08.2016 12:05, Christian Heimes wrote: > This was my last reply to your mails on this topic. It's clear to me > that you are not open to Cory's, Nick's or my arguments and that you > won't change your position. More replies are just a waste of my limited > time.
I *am* open to arguments, but so far I have not seen a compelling one which strikes the right balance. And if you have read my replies, I'm only suggesting to postpone the switch to 1.0.2 by one release and even there I said that it's not all that dramatic if this doesn't happen due to the way the timelines for 3.6 and 3.7 work. What I am seriously worried about, is the next step ... > Instead I'm going to focus on a PEP to define OpenSSL support and to > auto-deprecate unsupported OpenSSL versions. The PEP is a very high > chance to get accepted. Everybody except you support the plan. ... which would then mean: Python's compatibility roadmap will be dictated by OpenSSL. I won't buy into that, sorry. Crypto is a helper in certain situations, it's not what Python is all about. We should not let OpenSSL dictate how and when we deprecate platforms or OS versions. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Aug 31 2016) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com