On 4/1/2011 6:46 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > Am 31.03.2011 19:35, schrieb Éric Araujo: >>> I would like to apply this patch (or its moral equivalent) to all active, >>> affected branches of Python, meaning 2.5 through 2.7, and 3.1 through 3.3, >>> as >>> soon as possible. Without this, it will be very difficult for anyone on >>> future Ubuntu or Debian releases to build Python. Since it's not a new >>> feature, but just a minor fix to the build process, I think it should be >>> okay >>> to back port. >> >> If I understand the policy correctly, 2.5 and 2.6 are not considered >> active branches, so any doc, build or bug fixes are not acceptable. > > I wouldn't say doc fixes are not acceptable, but they are rather pointless > since there won't be any more online docs or released docs for those versions.
And I don't see a problem with build fixes. It's not like we're adding language features. If it makes someone's life easier, then what's the harm? Eric. _______________________________________________ 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
