-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/08/2010 04:42 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote: > 2010/10/28 Kristján Valur Jónsson <krist...@ccpgames.com>: >> Hello all. >> >> >> >> So, python 2.7 is in bugfix only mode. ‘trunk’ is off limit. So, where >> does one make improvements to the distinguished, and still very much alive, >> 2.x series of Python? >> >> The answer would seem to be “one doesn’t”. But must it be that way? > > Except for making releases that start backporting Python 3 features > and breaking backwards compatibility gradually (which may or may not > be a good idea) I don't see the point. There isn't much to do when it > comes to improving the language, and there is a moratorium anyway. > Improvements in the standard library can be more easily done in > external libraries anyway, and then you can release the improved > libraries for everything from Python 2.4 and forwards if you like. > > So it can be done, but the question is "Why?"
The OP has existing patches to contribute which the core python-dev team consider "not-a-bugfix", and hence not acceptable for the 2.7 branch. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzYIgUACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ4i1QCfVwDdlkd9tGj6ayKBq3xpiHAW fIYAoNwDx35RfC5VYEyVjhJBbCxrqfXk =bnTg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
