[Python-Dev] thinking about 2.7

[Michael Foord]

Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> 2009/9/23 Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
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>> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
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>>> 2009/9/23 Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
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>>>> Isn't that the real compatibility test *anyway* - how successful a new
>>>> version of Python is at running all the existing Python code...
>>>>
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>>> 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.
>>     
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> Could I inquiry about your source of this information?
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>   
 From Trent on the snakebite mailing list. Too late for me to look it up 
though; an exercise I leave to the reader.

Michael

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