[python-committers] Delaying 3.2 release

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> The ones I want to get done are PEPs 382 and 384.
> 
> I'd like to help with these.  I remember we had a long thread a few weeks back
> about PEP 382 (namespace packages) and there are some tricky issues to work
> out.  I need to go back and re-read that thread.  Maybe Jason and Eric want to
> set up another local sprint to attack it again.

Help is surely appreciated (but please do keep me involved).

>> Something I know others want to achieve is the switch to Mercurial. A
>> number of PEPs are targetted for 3.2 with unclear status: 3143, 3144,
>> 3145, 3148.
> 
> I really think we need to make the switch to Mercurial as soon as 2.7 final is
> out.  It's been long enough.

I think this really needs a volunteer or more to contribute. I doubt
anybody is working on the remaining issues.

I still think we absolutely need to have a test installation that is
completely ready with no known issues, up for at least 14 days. So if
you want to switch to hg a week after 2.7 gets released, you would have
had to bring up that test installation up last weekend.

I don't want to find us in a situation were work is blocked or
significantly more difficult just because some significant pieces of
infrastructure were not in place when we made the switch.

Regards,
Martin