[Python-Dev] 2.6 and 3.0 project management

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>  I mentioned this to Guido and got a positive response, so let me state
>  my preference for your feedback.  I plan on holding up the final
>  releases until both versions are ready to go.  I think this will help
>  motivate us to give Python 2.6 the love it needs if it's lagging
>  behind 3.0, and I completely agree with Guido that this let's our
>  community know that both versions are equally important to us.

It's a deal.

>  The other thing is that I'd really like is a "show stoppers" Roundup
>  search.  The idea is that if our core buildbots look good and the
>  "show stoppers" search turns up no items, then I know I can cut a
>  release (at least for alphas, betas, and rcs).  If there are "show
>  stoppers" then I have something that I can triage (and maybe re-assign
>  severity) or start publicly harassing people into fixing.

How about using the "critical" Severity for show stoppers?

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)