[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Reminder: beta 2's schedule for tomorrow

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
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> On Jul 15, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
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>>> A reminder: the second betas of Python 2.6 and 3.0 are schedule for
>>> tomorrow.  I will try to hang out on #python-dev today and will start
>>> looking at the trackers and buildbots.  Hopefully, we're on track to get
>>> the
>>> releases out!
>>>
>>> If there is anything you need a decision on, please follow up to this
>>> thread.  I'm inundated with email so I can't watch every thread on the
>>> mailing lists.  Or ping me on #python-dev.
>>>
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>> The new urllib package landed between the last beta and now, but
>> without fixers. Issue3316 has potential ones, but they have some
>> tweaks that need to be made before they are release quality. If the
>> beta goes out 2to3 will not be able to fix imports for urllib and
>> urllib2. Don't know if that is enough to hold up the release or just
>> something to put in the release notes that this will be resolved by
>> the next beta; made it a release blocker to catch your eye, Barry. =)
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> I knocked this down to a deferred blocker, so I won't let it hold up beta2,
> though I'd /really/ like to get this cleaned up and committed in time.  If I
> get enough deferred blockers though, I might hold things up after all.
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Nick is actively working on it, so it might make it in b2.

-Brett