[Python-Dev] Adding a new C API function in 2.6

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/20/2010 5:52 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On May 20, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> Sounds good to me, since this is (a) a security fix that will make
>> some vendors happy, and (b) only a C-level API. I expect that some
>> apps embedding Python will use this API unconditionally and this break
>> with earlier Python versions; this could be intentional because of the
>> vulnerability (else why would they change their code to call the new
>> API), or they can use an #if to check for a version>= 2.6.6.
>
> I concur, as long as the new API availability is clearly spelled out in the
> release notes, NEWS, and C API documentation.  Maybe even provide an example
> #ifdef in the latter.
>
> Should we start thinking about releasing 2.6.6 soonish?

By tradition, it should come out soon after 2.7 and be the last bugfix 
(except for security patches).