On 9 Jun, 2007, at 2:55, has wrote:
On 8 Jun 2007, at 22:34, Jack Jansen wrote:Problem with deprecating aetools is that there is a truckload of modules that depend on it, findertools among them.Which ones? Apart from the other OSA modules (which should also be deprecated), findertools is the only standard library module that I can see. (argvemulator used to use it, but has already been fixed.) Bear in mind that aetools is completely broken on i386. If there were really a need for it, there'd have been constant howls of complaint over the last year. Python 3.0 is coming. 64-bit support is needed. Able bodies are in limited supply. Dumping deadweight will improve the Python distribution and reduce the amount of upgrade/maintenance work that needs to be done. It is the best and easiest way forward and timing it right - i.e. deprecated in 2.6, removed in Python 3.0 - will minimise the workload for maintainers and the disruption to users.
I'm more tempted to remove aetools in 2.6 if it cannot be fixed with a small amount of work. Leaving code that is fundamentally broken is just lame.
Ronald
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