Sept. 8, 2003
1:18 p.m.
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 12:19, Greg Ward wrote:
<h5>Release branches</h5>
<p>Every release up to and including the final release for a new major Python version is accompanied by a <em>release branches</em>.
There's even some debate about these (I've caught up with the thread, so I know you've withdrawn this change). I've been backing off the use of release branches because they create more complexity in a world where none of us have much time to deal with it. For 2.3, python-dev was really good about heeding calls for checkin freezes, and the time between wanting to cut the release and actually doing it was pretty short, so I don't see much need for release branches. I updated PEP 101 to reflect this. -Barry