[Python-Dev] 2.0 Release Plans

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:56:17 +0200


Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [MAL]
> > Does this mean I can still splip in that minor patch to allow
> > for attribute doc-strings in 2.0b1 provided I write up a short
> > PEP really fast ;-) ?
> 
> 2.0 went into feature freeze the Monday *before* this one!  So, no.  The "no
> new features after 2.0b1" refers mostly to the patches currently in Open and
> Accepted:  if *they're* not checked in before 2.0b1 goes out, they don't get
> into 2.0 either.

Ah, ok. 

Pity I just started to do some heaviy doc-string extracting
just last week... oh, well.
 
> Ideas that were accepted by Guido for 2.0 before last Monday aren't part of
> the general "feature freeze".  Any new feature proposed *since* then has
> been Postponed without second thought.  Guido accepted several ideas before
> feature freeze that still haven't been checked in (in some cases, still not
> coded!), and just dealing with them has already caused a slip in the
> schedule.  We simply can't afford to entertain new ideas too now (indeed,
> that's why "feature freeze" exists:  focus).
> 
> For you in particular <wink>, how about dealing with Open patch 100899?
> It's been assigned to you for 5 weeks, and if you're not going to review it
> or kick /F in the butt, assign it to someone else.

AFAIK, Fredrik hasn't continued work on that patch and some
important parts are still missing, e.g. the generator scripts
and a description of how the whole thing works.

It's not that important though, since the patch is a space
optimization of what is already in Python 2.0 (and has been
for quite a while now): the Unicode database.
 
Perhaps I should simply post-pone the patch to 2.1 ?!

> > BTW, what the new standard on releasing ideas to dev public ?
> > I know I'll have to write a PEP, but where should I put the
> > patch ? Into the SF patch manager or on a separate page on the
> > Internet ?
> 
> The PEP should be posted to both Python-Dev and comp.lang.python after its
> first stab is done.  If you don't at least post a link to the patch in the
> SF Patch Manager, the patch doesn't officially exist.  I personally prefer
> one-stop shopping, and SF is the Python Developer's Mall; but there's no
> rule about that yet (note that 100899's patch was apparently so big SF
> wouldn't accept it, so /F *had* to post just a URL to the Patch Manager).

I've just posted the PEP here, CCed it to Barry and uploaded the
patch to SF. I'll post it to c.l.p tomorrow (don't know what that's
good for though, since I don't read c.l.p anymore).

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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