[python-committers] Cutting Python 2.6
Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Fri Oct 3 14:07:28 CEST 2008
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On Oct 2, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> You always create a branch for the release (subversion doesn't make
>> any
>> distinction between a tag and a branch anyhow, so you might as well
>> just
>> make a branch).
>
> I don't think the tag should be edited (there are a few that were, and
> that's unfortunate already). For example, conversion to bzr will
> conclude it's a bazaar branch, not a tag.
I agree.
>> Version control systems are built to avoid precisely the situation
>> which
>> is being discussed here - we should take advantage of that.
>
> I would leave that up to the release manager.
Imposing a freeze simplifies the release process, so I would like to
keep it.
- -Barry
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