[Python-Dev] Python 3.0.1

[Aahz]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Raymond Hettinger <python <at> rcn.com> writes:
>> 
>> * If you're thinking that shelves have very few users and that
>>   3.0.0 has had few adopters, doesn't that mitigate the effects
>>   of making a better format available in 3.0.1?  Wouldn't this
>>   be the time to do it?
> 
> There was already another proposal for an sqlite-based dbm module, you may
> want to synchronize with it:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue3783
> 
> As I see it, the problem with introducing it in 3.0.1 is that we would
> be rushing in a new piece of code without much review or polish. Also,
> there are only two release blockers left for 3.0.1, so we might just
> finish those and release, then concentrate on 3.1.

There's absolutely no reason not to have a 3.0.2 before 3.1 comes out.
You're probably right that what Raymond wants to is best not done for
3.0.1 -- but once we've agreed in principle that 3.0.x isn't a true
production release of Python for PEP6 purposes, we can do "release early,
release often".
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