On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum schrieb: >> >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Facundo Batista >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> 2008/6/13 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> My proposal is this: I will spin another release this coming Wednesday, >>>> June >>>> 18. If we can get both the 2.6 and 3.0 buildbots green by then, and >>>> close >>>> out all remaining release critical bugs, then Wednesday's release will >>>> be >>>> beta 1. In that case, I will update PEP 361 and push the entire >>>> schedule >>>> back by 2 weeks to account for our slippage. >>> >>> Next weekend, 21 and 22, it will be the Python Bug days. >>> >>> Maybe it's worth to delay the betas one week to include this work? >> >> You mean one more week? (Barry's already delaying them one week.) >> >> I'm fine with whatever delay Barry approves, but I want EVERYONE to >> stick to the purpose of the delay: get the buildbots green and close >> out release critical bugs. This means no new last-minute features or >> big refactorings (unless there's really no more conservative way to >> fix a critical bug). It also means try to get at least one other >> person to review every change, no matter how small (or big!) *before* >> submitting. It also means run the tests before submitting. > > That is a new policy, isn't it?
Yes -- one that seems appropriate during a beta release period (i.e. until 2.6 and 3.0 final are out). >> On the specific purpose of delaying for the bug day, I'm hesitant -- >> bug days tend to cause a great deal of commits of code by relatively >> new developers, which is counter to our purpose of stability. I would >> almost say it's better for the bug day to fall right after the beta. >> That also has the advantage that the bug day can focus on new bugs in >> the beta, and squash them right away... > > +1. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
