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On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Christian Heimes wrote:
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
I think it is still timely when fixed in January or February.
In fact, releasing it still in December might not be possible,
due to the limited time available.
The cmp() / PyObject_Compare() removal patch is almost done. With
some help I can finish it until Tuesday evening. We can have another
release by Monday Dec 15th. Python 3.0.0 has some defects that
should be fixed before people are spending their Xmas holidays with
3.0. The defects include
* cmp(), PyObject_Compare() and frieds
* global/nonlocal shortcuts (global x = 0) aren't working
* unnecessary slowdown of read() due slow buffer resizing.
An early 3.0.1 release makes it possible to sync 2.6 and 3.0 relases
again. If we release it now we can have an combined release of 2.6.2
and 3.0.2 in two months from now. Two months are quite some time to
fix the performance issue of the new IO library.
If Guido and Barry are fine with a lax policy on performance fixes
we can integrate more tweaks. I believe performances patches were
considered as features in the past. For this reason they weren't
allowed for minor releases. Mark's work on long integer
optimizations and json speedup are good candidates.
I'm personally okay with performance fixes in point releases, as long
it doesn't change API or add additional features.
- -Barry
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