[python-committers] Cutting Python 2.6

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
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> On Oct 3, 2008, at 12:34 AM, Anthony Baxter wrote:
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>> It's happened a couple of times when I've made releases - the process
>> I had was to automate it as much as possible, then take the generated
>> tarball, unpack it freshly and run the full tests, and then check
>> things like the README and all those other places. Making a release is
>> still a pretty fiddly process, and things slip through.
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> Anthony's spot on.  Even with a release script and PEP 101, it's still
> pretty labor intensive.  Of course, Python 2.7 and 3.1 still have no
> official RM <wink> so if you want firsthand experience, the opportunity is
> available.

I would actually be interested in this. However, I still am quite
inexperienced and gladly step aside for anyone who's been around
longer.



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Cheers,
Benjamin Peterson
"There's nothing quite as beautiful as an oboe... except a chicken
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