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Author	pitrou
Recipients	djc, ed_abraham, ivo, pitrou, skip.montanaro
Date	2009-12-08.01:40:19
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> Isn't the alpha period (2.7 and 3.2 in this case) precisely when an API can > change? Well, it can, but only if there are compelling reasons to do so. It should be the exception rather than the rule. The reasons here seem far from compelling, and moreover we can't detect whether the user is expecting the new or the old behaviour.

> Isn't the alpha period (2.7 and 3.2 in this case) precisely when an API can
> change?

Well, it can, but only if there are compelling reasons to do so. It
should be the exception rather than the rule.
The reasons here seem far from compelling, and moreover we can't detect
whether the user is expecting the new or the old behaviour.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2009-12-08 01:40:21	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, skip.montanaro, ed_abraham, djc, ivo
2009-12-08 01:40:19	pitrou	link	issue1537721 messages
2009-12-08 01:40:19	pitrou	create