[Python-Dev] Need traceback expert to review patch 954922

Brett C. bac at OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Wed May 19 14:17:41 EDT 2004


Anthony Baxter wrote:

> Brett C. wrote:
> 
>> Anthony Baxter wrote:
>>
>>> My approach to the bug fix releases is that, in general, "there's
>>> always a next release". That is, the bug fix releases are relatively
>>> frequent (5-6 months) and they're "what's in the branch at the moment".
>>>
>>
>> OK.  How long do you plan to do this for the 2.3 branch?
> 
> 
> I'm anticipating doing this until 2.4.1. That is, the upcoming
> release train will be:
> 
>    2.3.4
>    2.4a{1,2,...}
>    2.4b{1,2,...}
>    2.4rc{1,2,...}
>    2.4
>    2.3.5
>    2.4.1
> 
> Unless there's a pressing need for it, I don't see the point to
> cutting a 2.3.6 or later, once 2.4 is onto the release24-maint
> branch. Obviously, if there's one of the oh-my-gods type bugs in
> 2.3, this will probably require a 2.3.6. Hopefully, by the time
> I finish the 2.4 cycle, there'll be some sane release automation
> tools finished, too.
> 

Anything us normal folk can help you with in terms of the aforementioned 
tools?

Maybe this could encompass a tool to run the testing suite, re-run the 
failed tests with verbose output, and then email them to a Mailman list 
with system info so we have a partially automated testing framework for 
alphas, betas, and release candidates (Christopher Blunck proposed this 
idea back in March; email at 
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-March/043492.html) 
since we currently don't have a testing server farm running regularly 
anymore?


-Brett



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