[Python-Dev] TRUNK UNFROZEN (release is done)

[Jim Fulton]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> With subversion, every revision is is effectively a tag.  Merging
>> is usually just a matter of merging differences between 2
>> repository revision numbers.  This makes a huge difference when
>> multiple files are involved.
> 
> 
> Ah, that. I don't worry about this difference too much. When I apply
> a change, it usually comes from SF, where it usually is in the form
> of a patch.

...

> The only difference is that back-porting of patches afterwards is
> easier for svn - that may be true, but is irrelevant for applying
> SF patches.

Well, I never backport SF patches. :)

>> I find that having a separate branch makes it absolutely
>> unambiguous that only bug fixes should be created there. <shrug>
> 
> 
> I don't think it makes it so for all developers. Between branching
> the beta, and the final release, it might be still reasonable to
> add features (in a strict sense) - the same is actually true after
> the release. Whether a branch is created or not would be immaterial
> to me.

Then we disagree strongly about what should happen.  I don't
see any point in a feature freeze if you are going to then
change features. ;)

IMO, it is really bad to make feature changes after a beta release or in
bug-fix releases.

Jim

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