Re: [Python-Dev] Draft PEP: Maintenance of Python Releases

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

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I don't understand the point of a "security release" made up to a year after commit, especially in view of the first quoted paragraph.

The objective is to reduce load for the release manager. Any kind of release that is worth anything takes several hours to produce, in

You can always can make a checkout of the security-manteined-only branch, if you're in a particular hurry (maybe the PEP should say something about this).

Regards,