[python-committers] [PSF-Members] Code Simplicity » Open Source Community, Simplified

[Steve Holden]

On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> 
>> Look at issue 11089. It is applied in 2.7 and 3.1, but it can't be
>> applied to 3.2 because we are in RC state now. Now, somebody *MUST*
>> remember to apply this patch when the 3.2 branch in open again. That is
>> a waste of mental energy for nothing.
> 
> That's because Raymond chose to break the usual workflow of fixing in
> 3.2 first. If he had waited for 3.2 to unfreeze first, there would be no
> "waste of mental energy for nothing".
> 
> That said, I don't think it's useful to discuss hg workflows at length.
> We certainly already did so in the past, and nothing came out (otherwise
> we wouldn't have this discussion again). Someone could sit and produce a
> written proposal evaluating the various possibilities, and we can
> iterate from that.
> 
When known workflows emerge we can ask Brett to include them int he developer documentation (which I had hoped would include Hg -- hope springs eternal.

regards
 Steve