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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] [Python-3000-checkins] r64217 - in python/branches/py3k/Lib: bsddb/test/test_associate.py bsddb/test/test_join.py bsddb/test/test_lock.py bsddb/test/test_thread.py idlelib/rpc.py idlelib/run.py socketserver.py test/test_threadedtemp Guido van Rossum Mon Jul 14 20:23:29 2008
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> >> Guido van Rossum wrote: >>> >>> It's water under the bridge now, but IMO it was too rash to *remove* >>> the old threading API from Py3k, and doubly rash to do so one day >>> before the beta release. Running up to a release (whether alpha, beta >>> or final) we should practice extra restraint, not rush to get things >>> in right before the deadline. Let's all be more careful the rest of >>> this release cycle! (I think it wasn't just Benjamin who raced to get >>> things in...) >> >> Well, it wouldn't be "adding a new feature" to reinstate the old API for >> beta two, would it, as long as we retain the new one too? It does seem that >> change was a little precipitate. > > Although if we weren't actually planning on removing the old API in 3.0, I'm > a little confused as to why we were adding Py3k warnings to it in 2.6... It all went way too fast for anyone to think about the decision, so I suspect these two issues are directly related. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/alexiscircle%40gmail.com