On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> wrote:
Several people have asked about the patch and merge flow. Now that Python 3.0 is out it's a bit more complicated.
Flow diagram ------------
trunk ---> release26-maint \-> py3k ---> release30-maint
Patches for all versions of Python should land in the trunk. They are then merged into release26-maint and py3k branches. Changes for Python 3.0 are merged via the py3k branch.
You say "they are then merged." Does that mean if I commit something on the trunk, someone else will merge it for me? Or do I need to do it?
Generally, somebody else will do it if it is on the trunk and bound for py3k. (Bug fixes should be backported by the original committer.) Of course, if the change required in py3k is complicated and vastly different, I and the other mergers would appreciate it if you did it yourself.
The library is vastly different between 2.x and 3.x. I'm personally aware of the many changes related to httplib / urllib / xmlrpclib. I'm worried that it will be hard to decide how to "merge" things between the two versions.
Feel free to do it yourself.
Jeremy
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