>> 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.
I wasn't (primarily) talking about fixing this particular issue. Time needs to be made available also for the upcoming 2.4.6 and 2.5.3 releases (which should, IMO, get priority over a 3.0 bugfix release at this point) > 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. I think 3.0.1 should also address other serious bugs in 3.0, such as - various IDLE bugs with non-ASCII characters (2827, 4008, 4323, 4410) - various ways to crash Python through the buffer protocol (4583, 4509; also 4580) > An early 3.0.1 release makes it possible to sync 2.6 and 3.0 relases > again. IIUC, you want the bugfix version number to be sync'ed. I don't think that is a useful thing to have. > 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 don't recall such policy, and I can't see anything wrong with including performance fixes in a bug fix release. Maybe you were confusing this with whether performance fixes can be considered release-critical (which they shouldn't, IMO)? Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
