[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope3-dev] December release post-mortem

[Jim Fulton]

Chris Withers wrote:
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> On a side note, I see python now includes doctest.py, why are we still 
> maintaining our own copy in zope.testing?

doctest has been in Python for a long time, far longer than we've been using it.

Now that we use it aggressively and are aggressively contributing to it, we
usually need a newer version than is available in the Python release we're using.

If Python had and used a packaging system, like eggs, this wouldn't be necessary.
Someday.

Jim

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