[Python-Dev] Py2.6 release schedule

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Christian Heimes wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>   
>> I do think that another (final) 3.0 alpha before PyCon would also be a
>> good idea. This way we can gel the release some more. For 2.6 I think
>> we'll need more alpha releases after PyCon; I doubt the backporting
>> from 3.0 (which has only started seriously quite recently) will be
>> done by PyCon.
>>     
>
> I've back ported class decorators (http://bugs.python.org/issue1759).
> Two tests are failing and I need some help to solve the riddle.
>
> Several back ports like the bytearray type and the new io module depend
> on a back port of the new buffer protocol. Travis, can you please
> increase your priority on the port of your PEP to 2.6?
>
>   
Yes, I will.  What are your time-lines?  I've been targeting first week 
in March.

-Travis