[Python-Dev] Python 2.3 maintenance branch is now open

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 21:48, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> Barry Warsaw writes:
>  > The release23-maint branch is now open for patches for Python 2.3.1. 
>  > The release23-branch branch is now closed.
> 
> Should we use something like branchctl to "close" declared-dead
> branches?  We probably don't have enough legacy branches to make it
> worthwhile for Python, though I know some projects that could use it
> effectively.  ;-)

I'm not sure Python needs it.  It's enough that any checkins on the dead
branch will bit rot long before Guido gets a pie in the face <wink>.

-Barry