Another thought recently occurred to me. Do releases really have to be such big productions? A recent ACM article by Tom Limoncelli[1] reminded me that we're doing releases the old-fashioned way -- infrequently, and with lots of manual labor. Maybe we could (eventually) try to strive for a lighter-weight, more automated release process? It would be less work, and it would reduce stress for authors of stdlib modules and packages -- there's always the next release. I would think this wouldn't obviate the need for carefully planned and timed "big deal" feature releases, but it could make the bug fix releases *less* of a deal, for everyone. [1] http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/7/204027-the-small-batches-principle/abst... (sadly requires login) -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)