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I'm scheduled to tag and release 3.5.4rc1 next weekend. I've been
releasing 3.4 and 3.5 at the same time for the last year; this is
convenient for me as it halves the frequency with which I have to
put on the "release manager" hat.<br>
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There are currently no scheduled dates to release 3.4.7. The reason
being that until very recently there was almost no work done in 3.4
since 3.4.6 was tagged. But! The reason for <i>that</i> was
because of a change in the workflow: once we switched to Github, for
branches that are in security-fixes-only mode, only the Release
Manager is allowed to accept PRs into that branch. It turned out
there were a bunch of PRs waiting for my approval.<br>
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After a flurry of accepted PRs, I have now accrued about ten fresh
security fixes in the 3.4 branch. (Mostly from Victor, but also
Serhiy, and one from Barry--thanks everyone!) There are now no
outstanding security fix PRs against 3.4.<br>
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Since I'm releasing 3.5.4rc1 next weekend, I wouldn't mind <i>also</i>
releasing 3.47rc1 next weekend. That would put 3.4.7 final the same
day as 3.5.4 final: just over three weeks from now, releasing on
Sunday August 5. I realize it's not much notice, and that's
normally not how we do things in the CPython world. (Sorry for the
short notice--it's my fault for not adjusting to the new workflow
quickly enough.)<br>
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Anyway the point of this email is to call for a vote. Which of
these statements do you agree with:<br>
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<li>Larry should tag and release 3.4.7rc1 next weekend.</li>
<li>Larry should schedule 3.4.7rc1 for a month from now, to give
people time to get their work in.</li>
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In particular, Victor and Serhiy, I'm interested in your votes. You
both get veto powers for the short notice--if either of you say "do
it a month from now" then it'll be a month from now.<br>
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Also, if anybody has security fixes you want to get in to the next
release of 3.4, but you haven't made a PR yet, please reply and
describe them. (Please reply to list if appropriate, but if it
should be kept quiet please reply to me directly.)<br>
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Braising in my own juices at EuroPython,<br>
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<i>/arry</i><br>
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