On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 8:22 AM Ronny Pfannschmidt < opensou...@ronnypfannschmidt.de> wrote:
> > In the plan i outlined, the first python 3 only release would be the one > that drops 3.4 mid-2019 - at that point in time the maintenance branch > would be prepared before release merge time. > I see, thanks, forgot that 3.4 EOL is mid 2019. Once we make a release dropping Python 2 and the maintenance branch is up, what will be our policy regarding large changes in the codebase? I mean, once we have access to Python3 only features, I suspect we will want to clean up the codebase quite a bit and make use of those features (keyword-only arguments come to mind). This clean up and use of new features will make porting critical bug-fixes to the maintenance branch a lot more difficult. Should we hold on on large changes Python 3 only changes until Python 2 EOL, or just bite the bullet and see what happens when we try to port critical fixes to the maintenance branch? Also this reminds me: we should document clearly what we consider "critical" that should be ported to the maintenance branch. Cheers,. > -- Ronny > > > > Meaning that instead of actively working on porting changes and pushing > releases, > we instead support the wider community with needs to bring in changes > they require and support them with review and releasing. > I believe half a year is more than enough to stabilize and sort out the > 2.7 maintenance branch, > but should i be demonstrated wrong by how this unfolds i'm happy to have > this extend this for another year. > > But for anything after that the bulk of the python2.x maintenance work > should be left on the shoulders of companies and individuals that have > an actual requirement for that. > > -- Ronny > > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > >
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