On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 21:24, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > 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. >
Ditto from me. -Brett > 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/brett%40python.org > _______________________________________________ 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
