[Python-Dev] thinking about 2.7

[Benjamin Peterson]

2009/9/23 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 13:34, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
>> As for burn out, I expected 2.7.x, as the last 2.x release, to be
>> different in that several people would do the maintenance releases
>> (perhaps on a 6 month schedule or so) for the 5 year period, so that
>> would leave me with just 3.2.x (and maybe another 3.1.x release).
>
> Well, if you want that to happen you should make that clear now as I
> expected you to do the first few micro releases of 2.7.

I will do the first few 2.7 bug fix releases.

>>>> Additionally, I'm very apprehensive about doing any kind of release
>>>> without the buildbots running. Does anyone know when they might be up?
>>>
>>> I don't know the answer, but it might be "never". We used to do
>>> releases without them, so it's not impossible. Just means you have to
>>> really push the alphas, betas, and RCs.
>>
>> What do you mean "push"?
>
> Promote.

That basically means we will be relying on 3rd party libraries for our
quality control?


-- 
Regards,
Benjamin