Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-12-02 Thread Suraj Barkale
Christian Heimes cheimes.de> writes: > > Giovanni Bajo wrote: > > On mer, 2008-11-26 at 21:03 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > > > >>> I'm sure the > >>> Python Software Foundation would easily get a free license of one of the > >>> good commercial MSI installer generators. > >> Can you reco

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-26 Thread Christian Heimes
Giovanni Bajo wrote: On mer, 2008-11-26 at 21:03 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: I'm sure the Python Software Foundation would easily get a free license of one of the good commercial MSI installer generators. Can you recommend a specific one? I've had good results with Advanced Installer: h

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I will also try to get up early to do the release before my work day > starts, to better coordinate with Euro time. So expect me on > #python-dev tomorrow (my morning). > > Will that work for you? If you delay the announcement until the binaries are ready, you should feel free to work on it wh

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: Martin, I'm keen on figuring out a way to reduce your workload, and also to coordinate releases better between us. I /think/ with timed releases I can tag a little early and give you something

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Martin, I'm keen on figuring out a way to reduce your workload, and also > to coordinate releases better between us. I /think/ with timed releases > I can tag a little early and give you something to work on so that the > actual release is a matter of fiddling web pages and sending an > announce

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Martin, maybe we can help you with the installers testing. Thanks for the offer. See my other message, though - this is not the point. If everything goes well, offloading testing just means that I have to wait some time for the testers to come back, and do other stuff meanwhile. For the majorit

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: From my point of view bi-monthly release are too much. For a ?.?.1 release two months are fine because several issues are found by 3rd party authors. But after that a release every quarter is suffi

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: Barry Warsaw wrote: Actually, I've wanted to do timed releases, though I think monthly is unrealistic. Maybe every two months is about the right time frame. Timed releases are nice because e

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-19 Thread Facundo Batista
2008/11/18 "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > While I'm happy that Barry has automated his part to a high degree, > my part is, unfortunately, much less automated. I could personally > automate the build process a bit more, but part of it is also testing > of the installers, which is manual.

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> From my point of view bi-monthly release are too much. For a ?.?.1 > release two months are fine because several issues are found by 3rd > party authors. But after that a release every quarter is sufficient. > > * .1 release two months after the .0 release > * .2, .3, .4 and .5 release every qua

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> Should we release 2.6.1rc1, too? > > Do we need rc's for point releases? We have been doing them in the past, a week before the release. In this case, I could accept a waiver, given that the previous release acts very well as a release candidate for this release. Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Christian Heimes
Barry Warsaw wrote: Actually, I've wanted to do timed releases, though I think monthly is unrealistic. Maybe every two months is about the right time frame. Timed releases are nice because everybody then knows when a patch is due, from developers to downstream consumers. From my point of vi

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: Barry Warsaw wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That wou

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:03 AM, Facundo Batista wrote: 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That would mean that Python

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Christian Heimes
Barry Warsaw wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That would mean that Python 2.6.1 should be ready on 03-Dec (well, if Python 3.0 is ready then!). Should w

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Victor Stinner
Le Tuesday 18 November 2008 11:03:02 Facundo Batista, vous avez écrit : > 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and > > 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That would mean that Python > > 2.6.1 should be ready

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
Facundo Batista wrote: > 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and >> 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That would mean that Python >> 2.6.1 should be ready on 03-Dec (well, if Python 3.0 is ready then!).

Re: [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Facundo Batista
2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and > 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That would mean that Python > 2.6.1 should be ready on 03-Dec (well, if Python 3.0 is ready then!). 2.6.1 only two months after 2

[Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

2008-11-17 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and 2.6.1 at the same time. Makes sense to me. That would mean that Python 2.6.1 should be ready on 03-Dec (well, if Python 3.0 is ready then!). I'm still planning the las