[Python-Dev] Goals for patch selection for 2.1.2

[Aahz Maruch]

Fred, could you update PEP 6 to make Anthony the 2.1.2 manager, or
should I submit a patch to you?  (Yeah, yeah, one of these days I'll
actually do enough work to make it worth SF privileges.)

Anthony Baxter wrote:
> 
> Here's my current thoughts for selecting patches for a 2.1.2 release.
> Feedback would be appreciated. I plan to post this to python-list and
> ask people for suggestions for "must have" fixes. This could possibly
> be added to PEP 006 once it's nailed down.

I have zero objection to any single release using stricter guidelines
than PEP 6 requires, but PEP 6 started life as a set of guidelines for
both "bugfix" and "patch" releases.  While I don't have a lot of
objection to tightening up PEP 6 a bit more to reflect the fact that it
focuses entirely on bugfix releases now, there are enough gray areas
about what is a bug vs. feature that I don't want to make the PEP quite
as strict as you plan to for 2.1.2.

I don't want to get into a long discussion about this on python-dev;
I'll respond to your post on c.l.py.  I just wanted to make a short
statement of principle in case anyone wants to get involved later.
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