[Python-Dev] thinking about 2.7

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Thu Sep 24 01:22:20 CEST 2009


2009/9/23 Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>>
>> 2009/9/23 Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
>>
>>>
>>> Isn't that the real compatibility test *anyway* - how successful a new
>>> version of Python is at running all the existing Python code...
>>>
>>
>> Yes, but we should have expect 3rd party code to be detecting bugs for
>> us that our test suite could have shown on a platform.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Well, Trent Nelson is going to devote some real time to Snakebite - so there
> is a very good chance that it will be up and active before the release.
> Naturally I agree it would be *preferable* to run tests on all supported
> platforms prior to release.

Could I inquiry about your source of this information?



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Regards,
Benjamin


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