On 27 June 2013 10:14, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote:
2013/6/25 Larry Hastings la...@hastings.org:
I'm not questioning the decision--I'm asking, what is the heuristic I can
apply in the future to predict whether or not a change will be accepted into
the 2.7 branch. My current
2013/6/25 Larry Hastings la...@hastings.org:
I'm not questioning the decision--I'm asking, what is the heuristic I can
apply in the future to predict whether or not a change will be accepted into
the 2.7 branch. My current heuristic (only bad bug fixes) seems to be on
the fritz.
I realize
On Jun 22, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
I may be missing something, but do we have a policy of what we're supposed
to commit to the 2.7 branch at this point? I was under the impression that
it's only bug fixes, documentation, and maybe tests. But it seems that
there are developers who
On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:35:41 -0400, Barry Warsaw ba...@python.org wrote:
On Jun 22, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
I may be missing something, but do we have a policy of what we're supposed
to commit to the 2.7 branch at this point? I was under the impression that
it's only bug
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Barry Warsaw ba...@python.org wrote:
[1] Well, maybe penultimate, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Mercurial
equivalent of a wrastlin' match between him and the BDFL. :)
You wouldn't see that this summer though -- I could just tackle him in
the office. :-)
--
Maybe time it so when we *would* have released a 2.8 (18 months or so after
2.7) is when it goes into critical/security fixes only?
On Jun 22, 2013 11:50 PM, Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Barry Warsaw ba...@python.org wrote:
On Jun 22, 2013, at
2013/6/22 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com:
Yes, this makes sense too.
In general there seems to be an agreement, so it would be great to document
in some place. Many years will pass before we have another special release
like Python 2.7, so it's worth spending an extra few minutes to have this
On 23 June 2013 12:56, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote:
2013/6/22 Eli Bendersky eli...@gmail.com:
Yes, this makes sense too.
In general there seems to be an agreement, so it would be great to document
in some place. Many years will pass before we have another special release
like
