[Python-Dev] Has python-dev collapsed?

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:22 PM,  <glyph at divmod.com> wrote:
>
> On 29 Oct, 09:14 pm, amk at amk.ca wrote:
>>
>> Will 3.1 and 2.7 also be parallel releases?  (I ask, not having read
>> the 3xxx PEPS at all.)
>>
>> If yes, why?  While I can see a case for 2.6/3.0 being in sync -- new
>> features in 2.6 ease the transition to 3.0 -- I'd imagine that 3.1
>> would be better with a shorter cycle (6-9 months) because there are
>> more possible rough edges to clean up.  3.1 would likely include
>> bugfixes from the eventual 2.7, so 3.1 might also trigger 2.6.1, but I
>> don't think there's any harm if 3.1 contains features or incompatible
>> fixes that are unavailable to 2.x users.
>
> 2.7 is where a new version of 2to3 will be distributed.  As people actually
> start trying to migrate real-world code, lots of issues are inevitably going
> to be discovered there.  From my perspective, 2.7 and 3.1 need to be synced
> because 2.7 is the tool that will actually enable users of existing code to
> *use* 3.1.

FWIW, I'm also backporting new 2to3 features and bugfixes to the 2.6 series.



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