[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change
Aahz
aahz@pythoncraft.com
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:10:20 -0500
On Sat, Apr 06, 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what exactly we need to *do* now. Be clearer to the user
> community that we're still maintaining 2.1.*? Delay the 2.3 release
> and spend more time on 2.2.2 (assuming that 2.2.1 is about to go out)?
> Change the Makefile and the RPMs to install each 2.X version under a
> different name, e.g. only install as python2.2?[*] Rearrange the
> website to emphasize the stable version?
First of all, I agree with the idea of better management of multiple
Python versions.
But before we can start being clearer to the community, we need to be
clearer to ourselves. Historically, there has been an attitude of, um,
antipathetic neutrality toward the idea of maintaining old versions of
Python. Until today, I was under the impression that your official
attitude (as usually channeled by Tim) was that creating patch releases
was something that PythonLabs would assist volunteers to accomplish, but
would not push for in any way.
It sounds to me like your attitude has in fact changed. If so, then I
think the first step is to say so explicitly. After that, I'd like a
clear statement of the new goalset for Python development. Once we have
that, I think it should be relatively straightforward to create a
process to support the new goals.
Perhaps the whole PythonLabs crew should have an in-person brainstorming
session to kickstart the goalmaking process? What's Zope doing to handle
this issue?
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