[Python-Dev] Preparing 2.0.1

[Fredrik Lundh]

martin wrote:

> I'd be concerned about the "pure bugfix" nature of the current SRE
> code base. 

well, unlike you, I wrote the code.

> -    def getgroup(self, name=None):
> +    def opengroup(self, name=None):
> 
> The famous last words here are "those changes can do no
> harm". However, somebody might rely on Pattern objects having a
> getgroup method (even though it is not documented).

it may sound weird, but I'd rather support people who rely on regular
expressions working as documented...

> For the bugfix release, I'd feel much better if a clear set of pure
> bug fixes were identified, along with a list of bugs they fix. So "no
> new feature" would rule out "no new constant named MAGIC" (*).

what makes you so sure that MAGIC wasn't introduced to deal with
a bug report?  (hint: it was)

> If a "pure bugfix" happens to break something as well, we can atleast
> find out what it fixed in return, and then probably find that the fix
> justified the breakage.

more work, and far fewer bugs fixed.  let's hope you have lots of
volunteers lined up...

Cheers /F