[Python-Dev] release for 2.1.2, plus 2.2.1...

[Martin v. Loewis]

> I notice that pep 101 is pretty strongly focussed on the major releases, 
> not the minor ones. Is it worth making a modified version of this PEP with 
> the minor release steps?

If you don't think you'd get it "right", adding a delta section might
be reasonable. Specifically:

  Don't create a release branch. Instead, just call a code freeze on
  the maintainance branch, and release from the maintainance branch
  (just putting on the release tag, i.e. r212)

As for the things still to be done, don't forget Include/patchlevel.h :-)


>    NEWS file - should this have anything other than the socket.sendall()
>                change?

If you can, producing a list of bugs fixed would be nice. It does not
need to be exhaustive.

> As far as 2.2.1 goes, I'm happy to keep on the patch czar role. Is
> trying for a release before the conference too aggressive a timeframe?

I'd very much encourage a release in that time frame.

Regards,
Martin