On Sun, Oct 15, 2006, "Martin v. L?wis" wrote: > > Should I backport the patch to 2.5, as it is a bug that you can modify > the time stamps of regular files but not directories? Or should I > not backport as it is a new feature that you can now adjust the time > stamps of a directory, and couldn't before?
My vote is that it's a bugfix but should be treated as a new feature and rejected for 2.5, based on the standard argument about capabilities and the problems with bugfix releases having new capabilities. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it." --Dijkstra _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
