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Author fdrake
Recipients brett.cannon, eric.araujo, fdrake, georg.brandl, lukasz.langa, michael.foord, r.david.murray, rhettinger, till
Date 2010-08-03.13:10:23
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In-reply-to <1280840267.35.0.868080546941.issue6517@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
Content 
Making ConfigParser an alias for SafeConfigParser creates a silent
behavioral change.  An application developer may not realize that
users rely on the "full" ConfigParser anti-glory and end up breaking
their configurations without so much as providing a heads-up in the
application news.

-1

So long as the application developer has to change their code to move
away from ConfigParser, there's a better chance of affected end users
receiving a heads-up.
History
Date User Action Args
2010-08-03 13:10:25fdrakesetrecipients: + fdrake, brett.cannon, georg.brandl, rhettinger, eric.araujo, r.david.murray, michael.foord, till, lukasz.langa
2010-08-03 13:10:23fdrakelinkissue6517 messages
2010-08-03 13:10:23fdrakecreate