On Feb 9, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> Le Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:16:15 +0200, anatoly techtonik a écrit : >>> I've noticed a couple of issues that 100% crash Python 2.6.4 like this >>> one - http://bugs.python.org/issue6608 Is it ok to release new versions >>> that are known to crash? >> >> I've changed this issue to release blocker. What are the other issues? > > For a bug fix release, it should (IMO) be a release blocker *only* if > this is a regression in the branch or some recent bug fix release over > some earlier bug fix release. > > E.g. if 2.6.2 had broken something that worked in 2.6.1, it would be ok > to delay 2.6.5. If 2.6.2 breaks in a case where all prior releases also > broke, it would NOT be ok, IMO, to block 2.6.5 for that. There can > always be a 2.6.6 release. > > Of course, if this gets fixed before the scheduled release of 2.6.5, > anyway, that would be nice.
I completely agree. Besides, unless we have volunteers to step up, create, review, and apply patches, it makes no sense to hold up releases. In the case of the first posted bug, we need a Windows core developer to test, bless and apply the patch. -Barry _______________________________________________ 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
