[Python-Dev] Contributing to Python

[Guido van Rossum]

On Jan 3, 2008 12:17 PM, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:
> > My main gripe is with code contributions to Py3k and 2.6; Py3k is
> > mostly done by a handful of people, and almost nobody is working much
> > on 2.6.
>
> There's a great Duke Ellington quote: ``Without a deadline, baby, I
> wouldn't do nothing.''
>
> The SSL code in 2.6 is out-of-date (buggy) compared to the code in the
> 3.x branch, for instance.  I just haven't prioritized backporting the
> 3.x fixes, because there's no schedule for 2.6.

Eh? PEP 3000 has a schedule that includes 2.6:

* August 2007: release 3.0a1.
* December 2007: release 3.0a2.
* Early 2007 (pre-PyCon): release 2.6a1.
* May 2008 (post-PyCon): full feature freeze for 3.0 and 2.6.
* July 2008: release 2.6 (final).
* August 2008: release 3.0 (final).


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